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Skin

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Images from the collections

Images about Skin

14 images from works
  • Misreplication of DNA in human fibroblast nucleus
  • The skin and hair: microscopic views and whorls of fingertips. Engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.
  • The skin of a Coluber snake. Colour nature print, 1853.
  • Healthy skin : a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation & management / by Erasmus Wilson.
  • Hyperkeratosis of hand
  • Linear sebaceous neavus
  • Hyperkeratosis of the heel. Hyperkeratosis describes a thickening of the outer layer of the skin caused by abnormally increased amounts of the protein keratin which normally functions to protect the skin.
  • The blood vessels of the human skin and their responses / by Thomas Lewis.
  • The skin of an écorché. Ink drawing, Tibet.
  • Cat skin showing hairs, a whisker and their blood supply.
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Works from the collections

367 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Sclerodermia and calcinosis, second series

    | Date: 1908-1950 | Reference: PP/FPW/B.290/2
    Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
    • Videos

    Skin : your amazing birthday suit.

    | Date: 1981
    • Books
    • Online

    Schutz der Haut bei der Massage / von F. Kirchberg.

    Kirchberg, Franz, 1875- | Date: 1908?]
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Dermatomyositis, polymyositis (1st series). Panniculitis, hypodermic (subcutaneous) sarcoid etc

    | Date: 1911-1951 | Reference: PP/FPW/B.83/1
    Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Neurofibromatosis and Recklingshausen's disease

    | Date: 1901-1950 | Reference: PP/FPW/B.228
    Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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Related topics

Dermatology
Disease
Neurocutaneous Syndromes
Blood Circulation
Congenital, Hereditary and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Neoplasms
Blood
Developmental Disabilities
Skin Diseases
Hypersensitivity

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