Study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species

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Das Gehörorgan der Wirbelthiere : morphologisch-histologische Studien / von Gustaf Retzius.

Anthropogenie, oder, Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen ... Keimes- und Stammes-geschichte ... / [Ernst Haeckel].

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Zootomia Democritaea: id est, anatome generalis totius animantium opificii. Libris quinque distincta ... / Opus ... Marci Aurelii Severini.

A compendium of anatomy, human and comparative : with directions for dissecting the different parts of the human body ; intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe.

The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the Hunterian Museum. Coloured engraving by E. Radclyffe after T. H. Shepherd.

Female genito-urinary system. Engraving, 1686.

An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Outlines of comparative anatomy of vertebrates / by J.S. Kingsley.

Your brain and its story / by R.J.A. Berry.

Leçons sur le cerveau : (cours d'anatomie comparée du Muséum) encéphale envisagé dans son ensemble télencéphale / par R. Anthony.

Du degré d'utilité de l'anatomie comparée dans l'étude de l'anatomie humaine / par J.-A.-C. Giraldès.

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Anatomy, Comparative

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The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Outlines of comparative anatomy of vertebrates / by J.S. Kingsley.

Your brain and its story / by R.J.A. Berry.

Leçons sur le cerveau : (cours d'anatomie comparée du Muséum) encéphale envisagé dans son ensemble télencéphale / par R. Anthony.

Du degré d'utilité de l'anatomie comparée dans l'étude de l'anatomie humaine / par J.-A.-C. Giraldès.

Anatomy, Comparative

Images from the collections

Images referencing Anatomy, Comparative

Works from the collections

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Outlines of comparative anatomy of vertebrates / by J.S. Kingsley.

Your brain and its story / by R.J.A. Berry.

Leçons sur le cerveau : (cours d'anatomie comparée du Muséum) encéphale envisagé dans son ensemble télencéphale / par R. Anthony.

Du degré d'utilité de l'anatomie comparée dans l'étude de l'anatomie humaine / par J.-A.-C. Giraldès.

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