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  • Six sections of diseased brain. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Two sections of diseased brain. Colour stipple etching by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Several sections of diseased brain, numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Bénard et Frey after A. Chazal, c. 1825.
  • Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Five sections of diseased brain. Colour stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Four sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Five sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Five sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Several examples of diseased brain and spinal column, numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Batelli after Ottavio Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Four sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by C. J. Canton after E. (?) R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Four sections of diseased brain. Colour stipple etching by C. J. Canton after E. (?) R. Say for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • Several sections of diseased brain and spine. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Three sections of diseased brain: hernia cerebri. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • A diseased brain; and two sections of spine. Lithograph by T. & W. Fairland after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1831.
  • Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae Snowdrop. Hardy, bulbous herb. Distribution: Europe. A chemical, galantamine, is sourced principally from the Caucasian snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii but is present in our ‘English’ snowdrop and related genera. It is a competitive, reversible, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor so increases brain acetylcholine, a chemical of great importance in cerebral function. As such it has been recommended for ameliorating the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, but not for mild cognitive impairment as in US clinical trials there was an increased mortality. Johnson (Gerard, 1633) calls it the bulbous violet, Viola theophrasti
  • Six sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after F. R. Say & C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Four sections of diseased brain; and a section of spine. Coloured stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton after F. F. Giraud for Richard Bright, 1831.
  • Four sections of diseased brain; and a section of spine. Colour stipple etching by W. Say after C. J. Canton after F. F. Giraud for Richard Bright, 1831.
  • A diseased brain of an eleven year old child; and a section of it in detail. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • A diseased brain of an eleven year old child; and a section of it in detail. Colour stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1830.
  • Observationes medico-practicae de affectibvs capitis internis et externis : Nunc demum publici juris redditæ. Studio et opera nepotum, Bernhardini Wepferi ... et Georgii Mich. Wepferi / [Johann Jakob Wepfer].
  • Inside the brain / Wellcome Trust.