Stone formed within the gallbladder (object, not disease)

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Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, with a whip in one hand and a letter in the other, mounted on an ass with a human head. Etching with engraving, 1745.

Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.

St. Peter's Hospital, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Offset lithograph after J. M. Brydon, 1882.

Dissections of a diseased liver and gall bladder: two figures. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.

Observations on sciatica and other neuralgic affections : with a consideration of their frequent origin from a disordered state of the stomach ; interspersed with some novel views respecting the origin and prevention of gall-stones ... ; together with an account of the waters of Bagnères de Bigorre and Barége in their treatment / by Richard Carmichael.

Hermanni Boerhaave Prælectio publica de calculo.

St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.

M0009099: Gallstones found in the remains of a priestess of Amen, 21st dynasty of Egypt

Obstruction of the bowel by a large gall stone : operation, recovery / by Francis J. Shepherd.

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Gallstones

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Hermanni Boerhaave Prælectio publica de calculo.

St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.

M0009099: Gallstones found in the remains of a priestess of Amen, 21st dynasty of Egypt

Obstruction of the bowel by a large gall stone : operation, recovery / by Francis J. Shepherd.

Gallstones

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Hermanni Boerhaave Prælectio publica de calculo.

St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.

M0009099: Gallstones found in the remains of a priestess of Amen, 21st dynasty of Egypt

Obstruction of the bowel by a large gall stone : operation, recovery / by Francis J. Shepherd.

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