Collection of tissues with similar functions

Torso: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Viscera, heart, brain and blood vessels: six figures, including two views of a dissected torso. Line engraving by Heath, after Walker, 1806.

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A torso seen from the back: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

A torso seen from the front: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Brain and viscera: two figures showing a dissected torso, with brain and internal organs. Coloured line engraving by J. Pass, 1796.

Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Organs of the torso seen from the front: portion of torso dissected to reveal internal organs, arteries and lymphatic system in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

1 print : coloured line engraving ; image, text and border 18.3 x 11.9 cm

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; image, text and border 18.6 x 25 cm

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; image, text and border 18.2 x 11.7 cm

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour

Splancreas and other offal / Robert D. Cohen.

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A torso seen from the front: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

A torso seen from the back: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Splancreas and other offal / Robert D. Cohen.

Organs (Anatomy)

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A torso seen from the front: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

A torso seen from the back: dissected to reveal internal organs in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Splancreas and other offal / Robert D. Cohen.

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