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Misreplication of DNA in human fibroblast nucleus

The skin and hair: microscopic views and whorls of fingertips. Engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.

The skin of a Coluber snake. Colour nature print, 1853.

Healthy skin : a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation & management / by Erasmus Wilson.

Hyperkeratosis of hand

Linear sebaceous neavus

Hyperkeratosis of the heel. Hyperkeratosis describes a thickening of the outer layer of the skin caused by abnormally increased amounts of the protein keratin which normally functions to protect the skin.

The blood vessels of the human skin and their responses / by Thomas Lewis.

The skin of an écorché. Ink drawing, Tibet.

Cat skin showing hairs, a whisker and their blood supply.

Plate 45, Plastic surgery of the nose.

The anatomist Felix Platter, seated at a table covered with surgical instruments in a room with two other men, below which are the figures of Hippocrates and Galen. Engraving, 1656.

Sclerodermia and calcinosis, second series

Skin : your amazing birthday suit.

Schutz der Haut bei der Massage / von F. Kirchberg.

Dermatomyositis, polymyositis (1st series). Panniculitis, hypodermic (subcutaneous) sarcoid etc

Neurofibromatosis and Recklingshausen's disease

Last Tuesday were published, printed on a black type and fool's-cap paper, bound in plain calf, and un-lettered, ... Orations (in the genuine Billingsgatic styled) against truth and justice, as destructive of corporative repose; interspersed with oaths, i

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Last Tuesday were published, printed on a black type and fool's-cap paper, bound in plain calf, and un-lettered, ... Orations (in the genuine Billingsgatic styled) against truth and justice, as destructive of corporative repose; interspersed with oaths, i

Skin

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Works from the collections

Last Tuesday were published, printed on a black type and fool's-cap paper, bound in plain calf, and un-lettered, ... Orations (in the genuine Billingsgatic styled) against truth and justice, as destructive of corporative repose; interspersed with oaths, i

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