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A human skeleton, seen from the front and leaning on a spade, surrounded by illustrations of individual bones. Engraving, 1686.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

The skin, in microscopic view (figures 1-2), and muscles (figures 3-6). Engraving, 1686.

A foetus and placenta with umbilical cord. Engraving, 1686, the second, third, fifth and sixth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.

Cours de microscopie complémentaire des études médicales : anatomie microscopique et physiologie des fluides de l'économie.

Klinische Chemie und Mikroskopie : eine Einführung / W. Rick.

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The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

Cours de microscopie complémentaire des études médicales : anatomie microscopique et physiologie des fluides de l'économie.

Klinische Chemie und Mikroskopie : eine Einführung / W. Rick.