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Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei : quam pro loco in gratioso medicorum ordine rite obtinendo die XXII Decembris MDCCCXXIII / publice defendet Joannes Evangelista Purkinje.
Purkyně, Jan Evangelista, 1787-1869.Date: [1823]
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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i
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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47105i
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A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 26958iPart of: The five senses (Martin de Vos)
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A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.
Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.Date: 1st May, 1830Reference: 563686i