Rene Descartes, Vision and Perception
Woodcut showing a portion of head with the eyes represented above each other and focused on an arrow; lines extend from the eyes to the mid and terminal points of the arrow; visual receptor portion of the brain is shown, and the sense of smell is indicated by a flower. Appeared in Tractatus de homine, et de formatione foetus by Rene Descartes, 1677. This image has been
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