Diagnostic Dolls, used by women patients to indicate areas of affliction to their doctors. Clockwise from top: Ivory, Japanese. Ivory, Chinese. White jade, Chinese. Ivory, Japanese. Ivory, Chinese. Ivory, Japanese. Ivory, Chinese. Ivory, Japanese.

A human hand anatomised and preserved for teaching.

Vigesimaseptima Tabula. Engraving of a flayed female back showing the muscles such as Trapizius

Trigesima Tabula. Engraving of a flayed back showing the spine and Processus muscle

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