Anatomical machines Anatomical machines The anatomical machines (Italian: "macchine anatomiche") are a couple of anatomical models reproducing the human circulatory system, exposed in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples. Realised in the second half of the 18th century, they are built on top of a couple of human skeletons, a male and a female. The reproduction of the vessel system was realised with metal wire, wax and silk, but because of its richness in details, for a long time it was believed that it was of natural origin instead. The models were commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro, prince of Sansevero, and realised by
Arthur Robinson (anatomist) and John Sutherland Black. He served as Secretary to the Society 1912 to 1918 and as Vice President 1918 to 1921. He won the Society's Neill Prize for the period 1925/27. He received an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1932 for his books. He died in Eastbourne on 3 December 1948. In 1888 he married Emily Baily. They had no children. He was editor to the numerous revisions of "Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy" and "Cunningham's Textbook of Anatomy" Arthur Robinson (anatomist) Prof Arthur Robinson FRSE FRCS FRCSE LLD (1862–1948) was a British anatomist who served as President of the Anatomical