Liquid originating from the inside of an organism, including fluids excreted or secreted, and body water that normally is not

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The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.

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.

A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.

A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A young man and a woman finish painting a poster advertisement about AIDS featuring a body with crossed out symbols; a young man and woman on the left discuss the issues raised in the poster with their colleagues; an advertisement about AIDS and youths by Federal Agency for Clear Health, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph, 1988.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

Four vignettes demonstrating different cauterisation points on naked human bodies. Watercolour after a twelfth century manuscript.

La renaissance de la médecine humorale.

Splendid stomach.

Water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance : normal and pathologic physiology as a basis for therapy / Harry F. Weisberg.

Fluid balance handbook for practitioners / by William D. Snively, Jr., and Michael J. Sweeney; illustrations by Kathleen Calhoun.

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Body Fluids

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La renaissance de la médecine humorale.

Splendid stomach.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

Water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance : normal and pathologic physiology as a basis for therapy / Harry F. Weisberg.

Fluid balance handbook for practitioners / by William D. Snively, Jr., and Michael J. Sweeney; illustrations by Kathleen Calhoun.

Body Fluids

Images from the collections

Images referencing Body Fluids

Works from the collections

La renaissance de la médecine humorale.

Splendid stomach.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

Water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance : normal and pathologic physiology as a basis for therapy / Harry F. Weisberg.

Fluid balance handbook for practitioners / by William D. Snively, Jr., and Michael J. Sweeney; illustrations by Kathleen Calhoun.

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