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Mr. Brookes's celebrated museum and theatre of anatomy : Mr. George Robins has the pleasure to announce to the medical world, that he has been honoured by the instructions of Joshua Brookes ... to sell by auction, on Thursday, the 3rd of July, and the 20 following days (Sunday and Monday always excepted) at the Theatre of Anatomy, in Blenheim-Street, London, the anatomical and zoological museum of theis learned anatomist / George Robins.

Joshua Brookes.Stipple engraving by H. Cook after T. Phillips.

Joshua Brookes. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1818, after T. Phillips.

Joshua Brookes. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1833, after B. E. Duppa.

Eighteenth century anatomists. Joshua Brookes / by Jessie Dobson.

The Museum of Joshua Brookes, Esq. ... consists of a collection of anatomical and zoological preparations ... / [Brookesean Museum].

Thoughts on the best means of lessening the destructive progress of cholera : in a letter addressed to the Right Honourable Viscount Melbourne / by Joshua Brookes.

On a new genus of the order Rodentia / by Joshua Brookes.

Experiments upon the circulation of the blood, throughout the vascular system : on languid circulation, on the motion of the blood, independent of the action of the heart, and on the pulsations of the arteries / by the Abbe Spallanzani ; with notes, and a sketch of the literary life of the author, by J. Tourdes ; translated into English, and illustrated with additional notes, by R. Hall.

The substance of a lecture : designed as an introduction to the study of anatomy considered as the science of organization ; and delivered at the re-opening of the school, founded by ... Joshua Brookes, Esq. in Blenheim Street Oct. 1st, 1833 / [Thomas King].

Elements of the anatomy of the human body in its sound state : with occasional remarks on physiology, pathology, and surgery / by Alexander Monro.

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Thoughts on the best means of lessening the destructive progress of cholera : in a letter addressed to the Right Honourable Viscount Melbourne / by Joshua Brookes.

On a new genus of the order Rodentia / by Joshua Brookes.

The substance of a lecture : designed as an introduction to the study of anatomy considered as the science of organization ; and delivered at the re-opening of the school, founded by ... Joshua Brookes, Esq. in Blenheim Street Oct. 1st, 1833 / [Thomas King].

Elements of the anatomy of the human body in its sound state : with occasional remarks on physiology, pathology, and surgery / by Alexander Monro.

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Joshua Brookes

Images from the collections

Images featuring Joshua Brookes

Works from the collections

Thoughts on the best means of lessening the destructive progress of cholera : in a letter addressed to the Right Honourable Viscount Melbourne / by Joshua Brookes.

On a new genus of the order Rodentia / by Joshua Brookes.

The substance of a lecture : designed as an introduction to the study of anatomy considered as the science of organization ; and delivered at the re-opening of the school, founded by ... Joshua Brookes, Esq. in Blenheim Street Oct. 1st, 1833 / [Thomas King].

Elements of the anatomy of the human body in its sound state : with occasional remarks on physiology, pathology, and surgery / by Alexander Monro.

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