Posted on 01/28/2013 2:59:58 PM PST by NYer
Between 15010 and 1512, Leonardo da Vinci drew the human fetus with startling and unprecedented accuracy.
According to Arizona State Univeristy’s Embryo Project Encyclopedia, Leonardo is regarded as “the very first in history to correctly depict the human fetus in its proper position within the womb. He was also the first to expertly draw the uterine artery and the vascular system of the cervix and vagina.”
Scientific advances, beginning with Leonardo and culminating in the ultrasound, have played no small part in helping us recognize the fetus’ human face. These chalk and ink images, then, should be seen as a minor milestone in the acknowledgment of our brotherhood with the unborn.
Absolutely amazing. Thanks.
da Vinci is a true giant in Western Culture.
All Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD,
And Your godly ones shall bless You.
This is what Jesus did for our sakes, and more, while we were yet His enemies.
And if a pregnant lady took ill or died by accident, could not her death, and her baby’s death, be given some meaning in this study?
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