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An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.
Jacob de Gheyn IIDate: 1615Reference: 24757i
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Address to the community, on the necessity of legalizing the study of anatomy / by order of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Massachusetts Medical SocietyDate: 1829
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A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.
Sabio, Giovanni Antonio de Nicolini de, active 16th century.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 26738i
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An anatomical dissection being carried out by Andreas Vesalius, attended by a large group of observers. Woodcut, 1543.
Date: June 1543]Reference: 24285i
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A torso, dissected to reveal the liver, stomach and intestines. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543, after A. Vesalius.
Date: 1940Reference: 24498i
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A manual of practical anatomy : for the use of students engaged in dissections / by Edward Stanley.
Edward StanleyDate: 1818
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The London dissector; or, system of dissection, practised in the Hospitals and lecture rooms of the Metropolis, explained by the clearest rules, for the use of students: comprising a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves, and viscera, of the human body, as they appear on dissection; with directions for their demonstration / [Anon].
Scratchley, James, 1784-1849.Date: 1813
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Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.
Midgley, Julia.Date: 1998Reference: 46847i
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An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.
Crispijn van de Passe the YoungerDate: [1626]Reference: 588752i
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Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.
Antonin MerciéReference: 24231i
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The dissector, or, Practical and surgical anatomy / By Erasmus Wilson ... with one hundred and six illustrations. Modified and re-arranged by Paul B. Goddard.
William James Erasmus WilsonDate: 1844
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An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.
Perrette, René.Date: 1904Reference: 25559i
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The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A. Velpeau (1795-1867) performing an anatomical dissection. Etching, after F.N.A. Feyen-Perrin, 1864.
Augustin Feyen-PerrinReference: 25501i
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A general exposition of the present state of the medical profession : in the metropolis expecially with a plan for its amelioration, embracing the question relative to the removal of the existing obstructions to the study of human anatomy / by Alexipharmacus.
Alexipharmacus.Date: 1829
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A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.
Date: 1651Reference: 24939i
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Speaking for the dead : the human body in biology and medicine / D. Gareth Jones and Maja I. Whitaker.
Gareth JonesDate: [2009]
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The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
Hasselhorst, Johann Heinrich, 1825-1904.Date: 1864Reference: 25532i
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Kitāb Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-Qānūn / li-Abī al-Ḥasan ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qurashī al-Dimashqī ibn al-Nafīs ; taḥqīq Salmān Qaṭāyah ; murājaʻat Būl Ghalyūnjī.
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, 1210 or 1211-1288. Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-QānūnDate: 1988
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A skeletal cadaver with two flaps of skin of the abdomen cut away to reveal the subcutaneous layer of muscle and fat, labelled "mirac". Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
Date: [1926]Reference: 26662i
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An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
Date: 1685Reference: 25120i
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Seven diagrams of differently shaped pelvises and their measurements. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17026i
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Six diagrams of differently shaped pelvises. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17038i
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Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17024i
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A method of teaching relational anatomy / C.M. Jackson.
Clarence Martin JacksonDate: [1901]
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Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17035i

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An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.

Address to the community, on the necessity of legalizing the study of anatomy / by order of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.

An anatomical dissection being carried out by Andreas Vesalius, attended by a large group of observers. Woodcut, 1543.

A torso, dissected to reveal the liver, stomach and intestines. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543, after A. Vesalius.

A manual of practical anatomy : for the use of students engaged in dissections / by Edward Stanley.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.

Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.

The dissector, or, Practical and surgical anatomy / By Erasmus Wilson ... with one hundred and six illustrations. Modified and re-arranged by Paul B. Goddard.

An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.

The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A. Velpeau (1795-1867) performing an anatomical dissection. Etching, after F.N.A. Feyen-Perrin, 1864.

A general exposition of the present state of the medical profession : in the metropolis expecially with a plan for its amelioration, embracing the question relative to the removal of the existing obstructions to the study of human anatomy / by Alexipharmacus.

A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

Speaking for the dead : the human body in biology and medicine / D. Gareth Jones and Maja I. Whitaker.

The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.

Kitāb Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-Qānūn / li-Abī al-Ḥasan ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qurashī al-Dimashqī ibn al-Nafīs ; taḥqīq Salmān Qaṭāyah ; murājaʻat Būl Ghalyūnjī.

A skeletal cadaver with two flaps of skin of the abdomen cut away to reveal the subcutaneous layer of muscle and fat, labelled "mirac". Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.

Seven diagrams of differently shaped pelvises and their measurements. Engraving by A. Bell.

Six diagrams of differently shaped pelvises. Engraving by A. Bell.

Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.

A method of teaching relational anatomy / C.M. Jackson.

Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.