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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.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

The viscera, after Haller, showing the lobes of the liver, the stomach, the kidneys, the spleen, etc. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Pancreas, liver, spleen without its membranes, intestines, lacteals etc. after Kulm, Reverholt, Bidloo, Ruysch, Peyer and Heister. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Tityos bound to a rock, his liver eaten by a vulture. Engraving after Michelangelo.

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

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

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.

The liver / by Lionel S. Beale.

Liver biopsy.

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Liver

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

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

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.

The liver / by Lionel S. Beale.

Liver biopsy.

Liver

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Images referencing Liver

Works from the collections

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

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

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.

The liver / by Lionel S. Beale.

Liver biopsy.

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