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Human anatomy

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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-.
  • An écorché figure, lying supine on a slab, with its left arm extended. Stipple print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
  • 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.
  • An écorché figure, lying supine on a slab, with its left arm extended. Stipple print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
  • An écorché figure, lying supine on a slab, with its left arm extended. Stipple print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
  • List of medical periodicals, including prices, printed on verso of contents page to Alfred Kast, Pathologisch-anatomische Tafeln. Letterpress, ca. 1897.
  • An écorché figure, lying supine on a slab, with its left arm extended. Stipple print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
  • 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.
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Catalogue

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

    Gautier Dagoty, 1717-1785 | Date: [1754] | Reference: 572095i
  • view The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.
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    The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 582965i
    Part of: Alexandrian series.
  • view The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.
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    The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

    Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841 | Date: 1832
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    Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?

    Reichhold, F. | Date: [1890/1910?] | Reference: 569387i
  • view A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
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    A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

    | Date: [1926] | Reference: 26656i
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