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Dissection

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Images about Dissection

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  • View of the dissecting room of St George's Hospital. Taken 27 March 1860. To Henry Gray Esq.r F.R.S. as a respectful remembrance from Joseph Langhorn.
  • Plate III. The surgical dissection of the thorax and the episternal region. Delegation of the primary aortic branches.
  • La dissection des parties du corps humain : avec les figures & declaratiõ des incisions, composées par Estienne de la Riuiere. Imprimé à Paris, chez Simon de Colines, 1546.
  • The sack-'em-up men : an account of the rise and fall of the modern resurrectionists / by James Moores Ball.
  • A dissection of a male ray or skate. Etching.
  • Plate IX. Surgical dissection
  • Plate XV. The surgical dissection of the elbow and forearm.
  • Plate I. Dissection of the thorax and axilla
  • Plate VII, Arteries, veins and muscles of the neck.
  • The London dissector; or, system of dissection, practised in the Hospitals and lecture rooms of the Metropolis ... explained ... comprising a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves, and viscera, of the human body, as they appear on dissection; with directions for their demonstration / [Anon].
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Works from the collections

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    M0018374: William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London

    | Date: December 1960 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/163/45
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    The dissection of the frog / by R.H. Whitehouse and A.J. Grove.

    Whitehouse, R. H. | Date: 1930
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    Cunningham's manual of practical anatomy.

    Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909. | Date: 1920
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    A course of elementary practical physiology / by M. Foster ; assisted by J.N. Langley.

    Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907. | Date: 1878
    • Archives and manuscripts
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    M0012185EC: Photograph of a wax plaque showing various parts of the female anatomy, in particular the stomach

    | Date: 1951 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/108/67
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Anatomy
Human anatomy
Anatomy
History, 19th Century
Human dissection
Anatomy
Anatomy
Male
Human anatomy
Anatomy

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