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Illustration of the second muscle man from Vesalius, Andreas: Andreae Vesalii Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome, Basileae : [Ex officina J. Oporini], 1543]

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0013922-M0014050

4 photographs glass plate negative, slide transparencies; range in size from 12.5 x 10 cm to 12 x 16.5 cm

M0013922: Instruction from Paul Ehrlich to Henry Dale, 11 February 1904

M0013923: New London Fever Hospital, c.1852

M0013924: Catalogue of Rackstrow's Museum, 1782: title page

M0013925: Map show the dispersion of the descendants of Noah

M0013926: Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907)

M0013927: Berthelot's calorimeter with stirring device

M0013928: Berthelot's apparatus for measuring heat of vaporization

M0013929: Berthelot's apparatus for determining heat of combustion.

M0013930: Berthelot's calorimetric bomb: cross section

M0013933: Holy Water stoup made of stone with a cross crudely cut on the inside base

M0013934: Holy Water stoup of stone

M0013935: Five delegates at the 40th French Surgery Congress, 1931

M0013936: Portrait of Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel (1846-1916)

M0013937: "The fashionable mamma, or the convenience of modern dress", 1796

M0013939: Portrait of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679)

M0013940: A physician pointing to a basin

M0013941: Woodcut of a uterus

M0013942: Vaginal speculum from Fabricius: L'opere chirugiche, 1678

M0013943: Cancer of the uterus, 1826

M0013944: Abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy

M0013945EA: Portrait of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)  / M0013945EB: Portrait of King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727)

M0013946: Two portraits of King William III of England (1650-1702) and Queen Mary II of England (1662-1694)

M0013947: Portrait of King George III (1738-1820)

M0013948: Portrait of Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)

M0013949: A surgeon extracting a tooth

M0013950: A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy

M0013950EB: Section of the painting "Malade au coeur" by Casals I Camps

M0013952: Two men seated, one of them smoking hemp (cannabis) through a pipe, Swaziland

M0013953: Statue of Saint Martin of Tours (4th century)

M0013954: Statue of Saint Barbara (c.3rd century) / M0013955: Statue of Saint Apollonia (3rd century)

M0013956: Statue of Saint Louis de France (13th century) / M0013957: Statue of Saint Margaret of Antioch (3rd century) / M0013958: Statue of Saint Giles of Nimes (8th century)

M0013959: Statue of Saint Eligius (also Eloi) (7th century) / M0013960: Statue of Saint Guenole (Winwaloe) (6th century)

M0013961: Statue of Saint Jerome (5th century) / M0013962: Statue of Saint Veronica (1st century) / M0013963: Statue of Saint Anthony the Hermit (5th century) with a lion

M0013964: Statue of Saint Pourcain (6th century) / M0013965: Statue of Saint Ottilia (8th century)

M0013966: Statue of Saint Mathurin (d. c.300) / M0013967: Statue of Saint Symphorian (3rd century) / M0013968: Statue of Saint Benignus (3rd century)

M0013969: Statue of Saint John of God (16th century) / M0013970: Statue of Saint Blanche

M0013971: Statue of Saint Lucy (4th century) / M0013972: Statue of Saint Ferdinand, king of Castile (13th century) / M0013973: Status of a Saint

M0013974: Saint Teliau (6th century) / M0013975: Saint Yves of Brittany (13th century) / M0013976: Statue of Saint Anthony the Hermit

M0013977: English infant feeding bottle, glass, 19th century

M0013978: English infant feeding bottle, glass covered with leather, 19th century

M0013979: Bavarian infant feeding bottle, Bavarian, 17th-18th century

M0013980: French infant feeding bottle, pewter, 18th-early 19th century

M0013981: Two spouted vessels or feeding bottle, 10th century B.C. and 4th-3rd century B.C.

M0013982: Two Roman glass feeding bottles, 1st and 3rd century

M0013983: Medallion with a profile of Max Neuburger (1868-1955), 1928

M0013984: Max Neuburger's Institute for the History of Medicine at The Josephium , Vienna

M0013985: Lecture hall at Max Neuburger's Institute for the History of Medicine, Vienna

M0013986: the Josefsplatz, Vienna

M0013987: Portrait of Max Neuburger (1868-1955)

M0013988: Portrait of Charles Herbert Best (1899-1978)

M0013989: Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820)

M0013990: The flea and the louse

M0013991: Microscope drawings including a drawing of a flea

M0013992: Microscope drawings including a drawing of a flea

M0013993: Bayeux Tapestry: a comet pointed out to King Harold

M0013994: Portrait of Max Neuburger (1868-1955)

M0013995: Christmas card send by Max Neuburger, 1954

M0013996: Signature of Max Neuburger on christmas card; 1954

M0013997: Pans from a money balance, used for weighing ducats without the use of weights, 18th century

M0013998: Wooden money balance, c.18th century

M0013999: Guinea balance in black japanned with box decorated with the personification of Justice, 1772

M0014000: Dutch pharmacy weights bearing check stamps of a rampart lion and year marks, 18th-19th century

M0014001: Pan from a balance for money weights, 1754 / M0014002: German money weight balance set, 1754

M0014003: Triangular pan from a balance for money weights showing maker's mark / M0014004: Box containing a money weight balance and weights

M0014005: French steelyard for weighing coins, early 19th century

M0014006: Graeco-Roman vulsellum forceps, possibly dental

M0014007: Portrait of John Scott Haldane (1860-1936)

M0014008: The air-pump of Otto von Guericke

M0014009: Example of the first type of Boyle's air-pump

M0014010: Boyle's Law: table showing the condensation of the air

M0014011: Boyle's Law: table showing the rarefaction of the air

M0014012: Apparatus for transference of gases and pressure gauge

M0014013: Two statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies

M0014014: Two statues of Saint Lubin (Leobinus)

M0014015: Three statues of Saint Livertin

M0014016: Two statues of Saint Roch (Rocco)

M0014017: Three statues of Saint Roch (Rocco)

M0014018: Three statues of Saint Roch (Rocco)

M0014019: Three statues of Saint Anthony of Padua

M0014020: Two statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies

M0014021: Two statues of Saint Paul de Leon (6th century)

M0014022: Two statues of Saint Isidore the Labourer

M0014023: Two statues of Saint Adrien (Drien)

M0014024: Statues of Saint Edern (Edeyrn) and Saint Francis of Assisi

M0014025: Two statues of Saint Anthony the hermit

M0014026: Three statues of Saint Anthony the hermit

M0014027: Two statues of Saint John of Nepomuk (Nepomucene)

M0014028: Three statues of Saint Mamertus, bishop of Vienne, Gaul

M0014029: Two statues of Saint Roch (Rocco)

M0014030: Two wooden panels of Saint Agatha (right) and another female saint (left), possibly Mary Magdalene

M0014031: Statue of Saint Florian / M0014032: Statue of Saint Teresa of Avila, reformer of the Carmelite Order

M0014033: Statue of Saint Barnabas / M0014034: Statue of Our Lady of the Scapular (the Virgin Mary) / M0014035: Statue of Saint Simon the Zealot

M0014036: Statue of Saint Caradec / M0014037: Statue of Saint Languc / M0014038: Statue of Saint Isidore the Labourer

M0014039: Statue of Saint Francis of Paola / M0014040: Statue of Saint Luke the Evangelist / M0014041: Statue of Saint Herve (Houarniaule)

M0014042: Statue of Saint Adrien (Drien) / M0014043: Statue of Saint Edern riding a donkey / M0014044: Statue of Saint Hubertus (Hubert)

M0014045: Two statues, both of Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus / M0014046: Statue of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus Christ seen in the womb

M0014047: Statue of Saint James of Compostella / M0014048: Statue of Saint Radegund / M0014049: Statue of Saint Nicholas of Bari

M0014050: Statue of Saint Herbot / M0014051: Statue of Saint Jonas (Yon) / M0014052: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

M0013931: Vesalius: De humani corporis fabrica, 1543: Second muscle man

M0013931: Vesalius: De humani corporis fabrica, 1543: Second muscle man

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