Descartes' idea of vision, 1692. Artist: Unknown

Descartes' idea of vision, 1692. Artist: Unknown

1-157-607 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Descartes' (1596-1650) idea of vision, [1692]. The passage of nervous impulses from the eye to the pineal gland and so to the muscles. From Rene Descartes' Opera Philosophica (Tractatus de homine), 1692.


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  1. Rene Descartes: French: Philosopher, mathematician

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  1. Woodcut

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Science & Nature Medicine

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  1. 001965
  1. 001965
  1. 0460000320
  1. 1-157-607
  1. 1157607
  1. 320

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