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  • A lateral incision into the hypogastrium for removal of bladder stone. Engraving by B. Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • An anatomical dissection being carried out by Andreas Vesalius, attended by a large group of observers. Woodcut, 1543.
  • An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving of 1649 by Renier van Persyn after a design of 1626 by Crispijn de Passe the second.
  • A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
  • A dissection in progress: the anatomy professor at his lectern. Line block after a drawing after a woodcut, 1493.
  • An anatomical dissection by Reinier de Graaf, taking place in a room with a patient in bed. Reproduction, 1927, of an engraving by G. Wingendorp, 1671.
  • An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
  • Cross-sections through the human face and jaw. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants. Coloured engraving.
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with five other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749, after L. Heister.
  • Excision of the shoulder joint (?) Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Male reproductive organs and cross-section through the scrotum. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with ten other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by R. Parr.
  • Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with five other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by J. Mynde.
  • Cross-sections of the arm and wrist. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
  • An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1906, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
  • Cross-sections through the knee. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Cross-sections through a leg and removal of a hip joint. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A man seated in a chair in a landscape, holding an open book, directing a dissection which is taking place in the foreground. Line block after a woodcut, c. 1493.
  • Leiden, the Netherlands: the University, Anatomy theatre, Botanic garden, Lakenhal, city and two portraits of Counts. Line engraving.
  • Johannes Vesling, seated below a swag of surgical instruments, indicates illustrations of the heart in a book displayed by a skeletal corpse. Engraving 1666.
  • Two female figures standing on either side of drapery bearing the title of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum: beyond, the anatomy theatre of the University of Padua. Engraving by Giovanni Georgi, 1647.
  • William Harvey demonstrating the palpitations of the foetal heart of a deer to Charles I. Engraving by H. Lemon, 1851, after an oil painting by R. Hannah, 1848.
  • William Harvey demonstrating the palpitations of the foetal heart of a deer to Charles I. Engraving by H. Lemon, 1851, after an oil painting by R. Hannah, 1848.