Jules Cloquet print female breast 1825 

Hand coloured anatomical print no. 315 of the female breast from Jules Cloquet’s Manuel d’anatomie descriptive du corps humain of 1825 from volume 2 (of 4 volumes). The print depicts five figures with sections of the female breast. The first represents the breast of a young woman who has recently given birth, seen from the front. The second represents the same breast as before, viewed in profile. The third represents the left mammary gland of a young woman, who died at Saint-Louis Hospital three days after giving birth. The skin of the breast was divided by a cruciate incision passing through the nipple and ending at the circumference of the mammary gland. The four flaps resulting from this incision have been detached and are held apart by pins. The lactiferous ducts (or galactophores) are distended with milk. The fourth represents the right mammary gland of the same woman, cut vertically through its entire thickness: one can see the lactiferous ducts emerging from the divided lobules of the gland and converging toward the center of the breast to form a bundle that largely constitutes the nipple. Some of these vessels are opened by the incision made in the gland. The fifth represents a vertical section of the nipple and a preparation of two of the lactiferous ducts, which take their roots from the lobules of the mammary gland, isolated from one another. The lactiferous ducts have been injected with wax. Based on the breast of a young woman who died during lactation.

The volume contained over 340 illustrations of Haincelin. Besides from the one shown here, we have many others, with various topics, do not mind to get in touch with us. Jules Germain Cloquet (18 December 1790 – 23 February 1883) was a French physician and surgeon who was born and practiced medicine in Paris. In 1821 Jules Cloquet became one of the earliest members elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in Paris. In 1836, he was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Cloquet was known for his expertise as a surgeon, especially his work with hernial disorders. He was also the first to describe and identify the remnant of the embryonic hyaloid artery. This vestige was to become known as Cloquet’s canal.

Passe-partout dimensions: 37 x 27,5 cm.