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Anus

Part of
Rectum

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Images about Anus

4 images from works
  • A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • The female reproductive and urinary systems with a tumor. Etching by J. Bell.
  • Surgeons group around a patient exhibiting an especially dramatic anal fistula; the patient happily thinks to himself that he has never before been the object of such attention. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Nine cross-sections through the male reproductive organs, urinary system and anus. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

Works from the collections

7 works

    • Books

    Entrail troyen / Amanda Couch.

    Couch, Amanda, 1975- | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Reading from behind : a cultural analysis of the anus / Jonathan A. Allan.

    Allan, Jonathan A., 1983- | Date: [2016]
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    A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

    Abel Faivre | Date: 22 March 1902 | Reference: 17083i
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    • Online

    The female reproductive and urinary systems with a tumor. Etching by J. Bell.

    John Bell | Reference: 23357i
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    Nine cross-sections through the male reproductive organs, urinary system and anus. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

    Jean Baptiste François Leveillé | Date: 1875 | Reference: 23254i
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