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Representation of the medieval cell doctrine from Lodovico Dolce (1508/10-1568)

Representation of the medieval cell doctrine (1562) from Venetian humanist writer Lodovico (or Luigi) Dolce (1508/10-1568). This is a close copy of the representation of the medieval cell doctrine by Romberch (1520). Note the engraved connections from the special sense organs to the brain, particularly from the olfactory bulbs to the sensus communis in the anterior portion of the anterior ventricle. (Source: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Bavarian State Library], Munich. See: Lanska DJ. Representations of the olfactory bulb and tracts in images of the medieval cell doctrine. J Hist Neurosci 2022b;31[2-3]:176-99. Public domain.)