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  • Torso of a man, seen from the back, with the muscles emphasized. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1645.
  • Muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S. François.
  • Muscles of the back and shoulder. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
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    Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

    Prater, Ernest, active 1900. | Reference: 23692i
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    Muscles of the back and abdomen. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: [1686] | Reference: 31817i
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    Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

    Gautier Dagoty, 1717-1785. | Date: [1745 [-1746]] | Reference: 33530i
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    Vasomotor and reflex sequelae of unilateral cervical and lumbar ramisectomy in a case of Raynaud's disease : with observations on tonus / by J.F. Fulton.

    Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960. | Date: [1928?]
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    On the muscles of the back / by Holmes Coote.

    Coote, Holmes, 1817-1872. | Date: [1851]
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