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Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.

Foetuses in utero: four figures showing cross-sections of a foetus in various positions in the uterus. Line engraving, 1791, by W. Taylor after F. Birnie, after W. Smellie.

List of medical periodicals, including prices, printed on verso of contents page to Alfred Kast, Pathologisch-anatomische Tafeln. Letterpress, ca. 1897.

An écorché with left arm extended to the side, seen from the front. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.

Two figures: a kneeling human skeleton, with hands tied behind its back, and an écorché figure tied to a tree-trunk. Engraving by Barlow, ca. 1800.

Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.

Torso: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Dissection of the trunk: side view, showing the bones and muscles, with small pencil sketches of a nude in various poses. Ink and watercolour with laminated flaps, 18--.

Dissection showing the muscles of the arm and shoulder, front view. Watercolour by J.C. Zeller, ca. 1833.

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?.

M0007118: Anatomical engraving of two male figures standing

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Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?.

M0007118: Anatomical engraving of two male figures standing