Solid or semisolid remains of the food that passes through the bowel, from any animal

concept

A physician holds his nose as he examines the faeces of a patient. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Scoop the poop! : clear up after your dog / Department of the Environment, Welsh Office.

Horse intestine with multiple attached parasitic worms

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

Tortoise: diarrhoeic faeces with worms

Poop scoop campaign / Lewisham Directorate of Environmental Services ; Contracts Management Group.

A doctor enthusiastically examines a patient's stools. Colour process print after F.L. Gottlob.

A physician examines a patient's stools; he is very pleased; the sarcastic maid asks him if he would like a fork. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison, c. 1890.

Isolated colonic crypt with mucin cells

Colonic crypts - typical hexagonal shapes

Précis de coprologie clinique / par René Gaultier.

De excrementis libri II / A Valentino Lublino Polono in studiosorum utilitatem dati. Alter de fecibus. Alter de urinis. Quibus accessit quaestio ejusdem quomodo medicamentum aequale, vel inaequale dicatur. Tractatus etiam utilissimus de morbo Gallico.

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Essai sur les tumeurs stercorales : tribut académique, présenté et publiquement soutenu à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 12 juin 1837 / par Juan-Francisco-José Bauza.

Türkiye ziraat hayvanlarının faeces fermentleri / Bedîı ̨S. Toktay [&] Macit Erkol.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're experiencing some technical problems in the library today. 

If you’re visiting us, you won’t be able to print or use our PCs or laptops. If you want to sign-up for a free library membership, we’ll give you a temporary card for today and complete your membership next time you visit.

You can access items from the collection as usual and our team is on hand to help. Thank you for your patience while we resolve these issues. 

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Feces

Images from the collections

Images referencing Feces

Works from the collections

Précis de coprologie clinique / par René Gaultier.

De excrementis libri II / A Valentino Lublino Polono in studiosorum utilitatem dati. Alter de fecibus. Alter de urinis. Quibus accessit quaestio ejusdem quomodo medicamentum aequale, vel inaequale dicatur. Tractatus etiam utilissimus de morbo Gallico.

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Essai sur les tumeurs stercorales : tribut académique, présenté et publiquement soutenu à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 12 juin 1837 / par Juan-Francisco-José Bauza.

Türkiye ziraat hayvanlarının faeces fermentleri / Bedîı ̨S. Toktay [&] Macit Erkol.

Feces

Images from the collections

Images referencing Feces

Works from the collections

Précis de coprologie clinique / par René Gaultier.

De excrementis libri II / A Valentino Lublino Polono in studiosorum utilitatem dati. Alter de fecibus. Alter de urinis. Quibus accessit quaestio ejusdem quomodo medicamentum aequale, vel inaequale dicatur. Tractatus etiam utilissimus de morbo Gallico.

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Essai sur les tumeurs stercorales : tribut académique, présenté et publiquement soutenu à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 12 juin 1837 / par Juan-Francisco-José Bauza.

Türkiye ziraat hayvanlarının faeces fermentleri / Bedîı ̨S. Toktay [&] Macit Erkol.

Related topics