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Liver

Images

  • An aggressive colonel barging his way into a doctor's consulting-room demanding to have his liver inspected. Reproduction after a drawing by G.L. Stampa, 1926.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • The liver (figure 1) and gallbladder (figure 4). Engraving, 1686.
  • A torso, dissected to reveal the liver, stomach and intestines. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543, after A. Vesalius.
  • Nerves of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas and stomach. Line engraving (by Wooding?), 1789.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

    | Reference: 20895i
    • Books

    The hepatic principle : anabolin, detoxication by the liver and the control of functional hypertension / by Henry R. Harrower.

    Harrower, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1883- | Date: 1927
    • Books

    The Ciba collection of medical illustrations. Vol. 3, A compilation of paintings on the normal and pathologic anatomy of the digestive system / prepared by Frank H. Netter ; edited by Ernst Oppenheimer.

    Netter, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1906-1991. | Date: 1957-
    • Books
    • Online

    The liver / by Lionel S. Beale.

    | Date: 1889
    • Videos

    Liver biopsy.

    | Date: 1972
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