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  • Anatomy and botany: top left, aorta; top right, chest artery; centre left, ligature of the subclavian artery; centre right, a leech; bottom left, musk deer; bottom right, rhubarb. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Surgical instruments, including an artery bandage, an accoustic tube and a bedstead. Engraving by Campbell.
  • An inguinal aneurism (the enlargement of an artery of the groin), numbered for key. Drawing.
  • Three sections of a dissected artery, numbered for key. Etching by I. Bell, c. 1815 (?).
  • Great vessels at the base of the neck showing an irregular course of the innominate artery
  • Great vessels at the base of the neck showing an irregular course of the innominate artery
  • A diseased lung, with an aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • An amputated nerve and artery, lettered for key. Coloured stipple etching after J. Bell, c. 1810 (?).
  • Sloughing of a portion of a brain, five days after a ligature of a common carotid artery
  • Dissections of the spleen affected by infarction of the splenic artery. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • Portable amputation and trepanning instruments. A pair of spring forceps, with a slide for securing the artery.
  • Several sections of diseased artery (aneurism of the aorta), numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Batelli after Ottavio Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • Human arterial system (fig. 1); tracheal artery (fig. 2); aorta (fig. 3). Engraving, 1778, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1707.
  • A diseased artery (aneurism of the aorta); and a diseased section of bone, numbered for key. Lithograph by Batelli after Ottavio Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • Blood circulation in the respiratory system, showing the pulmonary artery and vein. Ink and white paint on paper, with acetate overlay, by D. Vaihinger, 1975.
  • Blood circulation in the respiratory system, showing the pulmonary artery and vein. Ink and white paint on paper, with acetate overlay, by D. Vaihinger, 1975.
  • Ambroise Paré using a ligature on an artery of an amputated leg of a soldier, during the Siege of Metz, 1553. Photogravure after T. Chartran, 1889.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Internal organs and arteries of the horse: five figures showing dissections of the heart, lungs, thoracic viscera, pulmonary artery and veins. Engraving by T. Cowan after B. Herring, ca. 1860.
  • Underside of a brain, shown beside a dissection of the abdominal aorta and left iliac artery, both showing symptoms of atherosclerosis and aneurysm. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • The heart, it's cavities and valves. Fig. 1 - Anterior surface of Heart and Pericardial covering., Fig. 2 - Posterior surface of Heart, Auricles, and Ventricales, Fig. 3 - Internal cavities of Ventricals - anterior view, Fig. 4 - Anterior surface of Heart - interior of right auricle exposed, Fig 5 - Interior of right Auricle, Ventrical, and Pulmonary Artery, Fig. 6 - Exterior of left Ventricle and of Aorta, Fig. 7 - Transverse section of Auricles, Aorta, and Pulmonary Artery, immediately above the origins of these vessels, showing the auriculo-ventricular and arterial valves in action, Fig. 8 - Transverse section of Ventricles.
  • Aortic valvular endocarditis, horse. This equine (horse) aorta has been dissected at the level of the valve, separating the artery from the left ventricle (bottom chamber). Nodules are present which have formed as a consequence of endocarditis.
  • Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae Sun flower Distribution: Peru to Mexico. The seeds are a source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat which as part of one's diet is given to reduce coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease, but recently a study has found an increased death rate (BMJ2013
  • Abdominal anatomy of the horse shown with examples of gadflies: six figures showing the kidneys, bladder and large intestines of the horse and examples of a mature gadfly, with its larvae and ova. dissections of the heart, lungs, thoracic viscera, pulmonary artery and veins. Engraving by T. Cowan after B. Herring, ca. 1860.
  • Arterial nodules, horse
  • Normal carotid arteries.
  • Normal carotid arteries.
  • Normal carotid arteries.
  • Veins and arteries