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  • The circulatory system: dissection of the neck and thorax, with the arteries indicated in red and the veins in blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • 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.
  • Dissection of the male thorax and abdomen, showing the internal organs, including the heart, liver, intestines and reproductive organs. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • The circulatory system: dissection of the neck, shoulder and thorax of a man, with aorta, arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • The circulatory system: dissection of the neck and thorax of a man, with aorta, arteries and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Muscles of the thorax and abdomen, with the bones of the ribcage, clavicle and upper arm: écorchés figure. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745/1746.
  • Dissection of the trunk of a seated white man showing the arteries and blood-vessels supplying the viscera of the thorax and abdomen. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1851.
  • Dissection of the trunk of a seated white man showing the arteries and blood-vessels supplying the viscera of the thorax and abdomen. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1851.
  • A baby, with thorax and abdomen dissected, attached by umbilical cord to the placenta, with the arteries, blood vessels and veins indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • A male écorché standing, leaning against a tree, exposing the anatomy of his thorax and his left breast. Woodcut by François Jollat, 1545, after Étienne de La Rivière and Charles Estienne.
  • A male écorché standing, leaning against a tree, exposing the anatomy of his thorax and his left breast. Woodcut by François Jollat, 1545, after Étienne de La Rivière and Charles Estienne.
  • Anatomy and botany; top left, dissected head and chest; top right, dissected thorax; centre left, forceps; centre right, man with tumours on his head; bottom left, belladona plant. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.
  • Manuel des pulmoniques, ou traité complet des maladies de la poitrine ... On y a joint une nouvelle méthode de reconnoître ces mêmes maladies par la percussion du thorax / traduite du latin d'Avenbrugger [sic].
  • Anatomy, surgery and botany; top, dissected head showing arteries; centre, methods of bandaging the thorax and head; below, cleft lip (harelip) and instruments for surgery on it; bottom, fly agaric mushroom. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • A compendious system of anatomy. In six parts. I. Osteology. II. Of the muscles, &c. III. Of the abdomen. IV. Of the thorax. V. Of the brain and nerves. VI. Of the senses / From the Encyclopaedia. Illustrated with twelve large copperplates.
  • Écorché cadaver lying prone, showing a right view of the muscles and bones of the side and back of the thorax and thighs, and a drawing of the bones of the pelvis. Black and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A pregnant female écorchée figure, standing with one arm raised above her head: the upper plate showing the head, trunk and upper limbs, the lower plate depicting the lower limbs and the contents of the thorax and abdomen. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier D'Agoty after himself, 1770.
  • A ventriloquist in drag, known as "Thora ?". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A ventriloquist in drag, known as "Thora ?". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Why the face resists cold, Chinese, Ming period
  • The Edinburgh steroscopic atlas of anatomy
  • Anatomical Illustration
  • Face of a girl with Addison's disease and exophthalmic goitre
  • Boy with punctiform ecchymoses on his face
  • Conjoined twin piglets
  • Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta which has ruptured externally
  • Diaphragmatic hernia
  • Pieter Brueghel, A cripple with hand crutches.