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Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.

Cat tongue, cross section.

Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.

Muscles of the tongue and head. Engraving, 1686.

Two open mouths bearing tongues curving up in a phallic way and joining in the middle with the message in German 'kissing does not kill'; a safe sex advertisement by the Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein. Colour lithograph by Matthias Herrmann, 1993.

A physician examines a patient's tongue. Lithograph by Charles Vernier, 1853.

The arteries of the head after Haller; the eye, after Ruysch; the tongue after Heister. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.

The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.

Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge.

Saint Livinus. Colour lithograph.

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis, de fabrica et usu linguae ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Joannes van Reverhorst.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 16 mai 1839. I, Des égouts sous le point de vue de l'hygiène publique. ... [etc.] / par J.-M.-L.-Léon Sirand.

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Tongue

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tongue

Works from the collections

Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge.

Saint Livinus. Colour lithograph.

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis, de fabrica et usu linguae ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Joannes van Reverhorst.

The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 16 mai 1839. I, Des égouts sous le point de vue de l'hygiène publique. ... [etc.] / par J.-M.-L.-Léon Sirand.

Tongue

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tongue

Works from the collections

Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge.

Saint Livinus. Colour lithograph.

Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis, de fabrica et usu linguae ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Joannes van Reverhorst.

The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 16 mai 1839. I, Des égouts sous le point de vue de l'hygiène publique. ... [etc.] / par J.-M.-L.-Léon Sirand.

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