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Discourses on public occasions in America / By William Smith.

A century of dentistry : a history of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, 1878-1978 / [Milton B. Asbell].

Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania / edited by Francis Newton Thorpe.

Anesthesia from colonial times : a history of anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania / by James E. Eckenhoff.

A bald eagle flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man swings a hammer around his body from above his head and throws it away to his left. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A woman sitting on a chair and putting a pair of bloomers on. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man raises his right leg to hip height in front of him then rotates it round to behind him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman walking and bending to lift a handkerchief with her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A hand lifts a ball. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A gnu running and bucking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

An elephant walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man plays tennis, mounts steps, walks down steps and climbs a ladder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man riding a horse bareback. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man runs up to a set of cricket stumps, pauses, turns and throws a ball with his right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

An inaugural essay, on the eye, and on vision : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 5th day of June, 1805, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Elisha de Butts, of Maryland.

A naked child walks behind a clothed man. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man sits on a chair, pours water and drinks a cup of water from a tub. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Movement of the hand, a hand drawing a circle. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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An inaugural essay, on the eye, and on vision : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 5th day of June, 1805, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Elisha de Butts, of Maryland.

A naked child walks behind a clothed man. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man sits on a chair, pours water and drinks a cup of water from a tub. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Movement of the hand, a hand drawing a circle. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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An inaugural essay, on the eye, and on vision : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 5th day of June, 1805, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Elisha de Butts, of Maryland.

A naked child walks behind a clothed man. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man sits on a chair, pours water and drinks a cup of water from a tub. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Movement of the hand, a hand drawing a circle. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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