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Surgeons and physicians of Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London, with views of the building. Colour lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after Beynon & Company.

Richard Bright. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Richard Bright (1789-1858), physician. Oil painting after Frederick Richard Say.

Richard Bright and his work / by William Hale-White.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

Richard Bright (1789-1858) and apoplexy / Walter L. Bruetsch.

Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

A section of diseased intestine. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Four sections of diseased uterus. Colour aquatint by C. J. Canton after E. (?) R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.

Four sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by C. J. Canton after E. (?) R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.

Dissected head of James Cardinal with top of skull removed to expose brain deformation. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.

Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal: front view. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.

Two sections of diseased kidney. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

A dissected brain; and a section of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

A diseased brain; and a section of diseased brain. Stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

A diseased colon; and a section of diseased small intestine. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Two sections of diseased liver. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

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Richard Bright

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Images by Richard Bright

Images featuring Richard Bright

Works from the collections

A diseased colon; and a section of diseased small intestine. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Two sections of diseased liver. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

A section of diseased intestine. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.

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Richard Bright

Images from the collections

Images by Richard Bright

Images featuring Richard Bright

Works from the collections

A diseased colon; and a section of diseased small intestine. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Two sections of diseased liver. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

A section of diseased intestine. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.

Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.

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