Fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the process of digestion

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The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.

Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi.

Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna and Raphael. Oil painting after G. Zocchi.

Tobit anointing his father's eyes with the gall of a fish to cure his blindness. Red chalk drawing by B. Picart, 1725, after A. Carracci.

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

A tract on the biliary complaints of Europeans in hot climates; founded on observations in Bengal / By Adam Burt.

Research into the chemical processes in the small intestine of man / by Allan Macfadyen, M.D. Ed., M. Nencki, M.D., and N. Sieber, M.D.

A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver;together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions. By William Saunders / [William Saunders].

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis de cholepoiesi ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Janus Outman van Aalst.

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Bile

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

A tract on the biliary complaints of Europeans in hot climates; founded on observations in Bengal / By Adam Burt.

Research into the chemical processes in the small intestine of man / by Allan Macfadyen, M.D. Ed., M. Nencki, M.D., and N. Sieber, M.D.

A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver;together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions. By William Saunders / [William Saunders].

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis de cholepoiesi ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Janus Outman van Aalst.

Bile

Images from the collections

Images about Bile

Works from the collections

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

A tract on the biliary complaints of Europeans in hot climates; founded on observations in Bengal / By Adam Burt.

Research into the chemical processes in the small intestine of man / by Allan Macfadyen, M.D. Ed., M. Nencki, M.D., and N. Sieber, M.D.

A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver;together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions. By William Saunders / [William Saunders].

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis de cholepoiesi ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Janus Outman van Aalst.

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