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  • Cadaver of a man with osteitis deformans
  • Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.
  • Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.
  • Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.
  • Ancient anatomists in discussion around a cadaver. Engraving by G. Appelmans, 1674.
  • An anatomist making an incision from the neck through the upper ribs of a skeletal cadaver. He stands behind the cadaver, his right hand cutting with a large blade while his left arm comes round the cadaver's neck as he uses his left hand to pull back the ribs at the incision. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • The interior of a dissecting room: five students and/or teachers dissect a cadaver. Photograph, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: a human cadaver abandoned in the water being examined by a dog. Photograph.
  • The dissection of an emaciated, grey cadaver by an anatomist who is making an abdominal incision with a scalpel with his right hand while his left hand is placed on the cadaver's hip. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • Anatomical dissection by Andreas Vesalius of a female cadaver, attended by a large crowd of onlookers. Woodcut, 1555.
  • Anatomical dissection by Andreas Vesalius of a female cadaver, attended by a large crowd of onlookers. Woodcut, 1555.
  • An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.
  • Three people contemplate the cadaver of Saint Petronilla. Etching by James Basire, 1764, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Écorché cadaver lying prone, with right arm hanging down. Black and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • Écorché cadaver lying supine, with the muscles of the thorax indicated. Black and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A funeral procession in China: the cadaver is carried in a palanquin. Engraving by J.B.M. Poisson after P. (?) Sonnerat.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • Francesco Bonsi: above, his portrait in a roundel; below, a horse-rider, and Bonsi dissecting the cadaver of a horse. Line engraving, 1795.
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • Écorché cadaver lying supine, front view, showing the muscles of the thorax. Black, white and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • Muscles of the upper leg and the groin: an écorché cadaver resting on a slab. Black, white and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • An anatomist, "Mr Le Professeur C...", dissecting a cadaver laid out on a trestle table, while a seated man looks on. Etching by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1869.
  • Écorché cadaver lying supine, with the muscles of the thorax indicated and the back supported by blocks. Black and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • Head and shoulders of an écorché cadaver, with smaller sketches of a nose and a bearded man. Red and black chalk drawing, with pencil, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • Écorché cadaver lying prone, with arms and head hanging down, showing the muscles of the back and shoulder. Red, black and white chalk drawing, with pencil, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • 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.
  • Écorché cadaver resting on tilted support, seen from below, with arms hanging down, with the muscles of the trunk indicated. Red, black and white chalk drawing, with pencil, by C. Landseer, 1815.
  • Old St. Thomas's Hospital: a cadaver, a skull, bones of the lower leg and foot, and two bell-jars on stands. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medallion by W. Wyon, 1829.
  • A male écorché holding a knife in his left hand, exposing his bowel with his right hand, and resting his right foot on a slab on which a cadaver lies supine. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.