A physiological demonstration with vivisection of a dog. Oil painting by Emile-Edouard Mouchy, 1832.

Charles Sherrington (left), Leon Fredericq (seated) and Paul Grützner (right) outside the Institute of Physiology in Liège. Copy photograph (1940?) after the 1898 original.

XIth International Physiological Congress, Edinburgh, 1923: delegates. Photograph by Debenham, 1923.

The vivisector asked to choose between head and heart. Photogravure, 1886, after an etching by M.J. Holzapfl after a painting by Gabriel von Max, 1883.

George Oliver. Photograph by J. Caswall Smith, the Gainsborough Studio.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0009193: Portrait of Paul Bert (1833-1886)

Attributing excellence in medicine : the history of the Nobel Prize / edited by Nils Hansson, Thorsten Halling, Heiner Fangerau.

2 photographs glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm photographic print; 6.5 x 8.7 cm

M0020231: Signed portrait of Rudolf Hober (1873-1953)

607 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Ivan Mikhaĭlovich Sechenov : K 150-leti︠︡iu so d︠n︡ia rozhdeni︠︡ia [Sb. stateĭ] / Akademi︠︡ia nauk SSSR, Institut istorii estestvoznani︠︡ia i tekhniki ; Pod red. P.G. Ko︠st︡iuka [and others].

xix, 422 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Felice Fontana, life and work / Peter K. Knoefel.

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M0009193: Portrait of Paul Bert (1833-1886)

Attributing excellence in medicine : the history of the Nobel Prize / edited by Nils Hansson, Thorsten Halling, Heiner Fangerau.

M0020231: Signed portrait of Rudolf Hober (1873-1953)

Ivan Mikhaĭlovich Sechenov : K 150-leti︠︡iu so d︠n︡ia rozhdeni︠︡ia [Sb. stateĭ] / Akademi︠︡ia nauk SSSR, Institut istorii estestvoznani︠︡ia i tekhniki ; Pod red. P.G. Ko︠st︡iuka [and others].

Felice Fontana, life and work / Peter K. Knoefel.

Physiologists

Images from the collections

Images referencing Physiologists

Works from the collections

M0009193: Portrait of Paul Bert (1833-1886)

Attributing excellence in medicine : the history of the Nobel Prize / edited by Nils Hansson, Thorsten Halling, Heiner Fangerau.

M0020231: Signed portrait of Rudolf Hober (1873-1953)

Ivan Mikhaĭlovich Sechenov : K 150-leti︠︡iu so d︠n︡ia rozhdeni︠︡ia [Sb. stateĭ] / Akademi︠︡ia nauk SSSR, Institut istorii estestvoznani︠︡ia i tekhniki ; Pod red. P.G. Ko︠st︡iuka [and others].

Felice Fontana, life and work / Peter K. Knoefel.

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