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

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.

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.

Three sections of diseased brain: hernia cerebri. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.

Four sections of diseased brain; and a section of spine. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton after F. F. Giraud for Richard Bright, 1831.

Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.

A diseased brain of an eleven year old child; and a section of it in detail. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.

Six sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after F. R. Say & C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.

A dissected brain; and a section of a child's brain. Coloured aquatint by C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

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

Four sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

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

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

Four sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

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

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

A dissected brain; and a section of a child's brain. Coloured aquatint by C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.

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