Stories
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Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
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Dissections of diseased kidneys: five figures. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1877.
Burgess, E.Date: [1877]Reference: 577736i
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Dissections of diseased kidneys: six figures. Chromolithograph after E. Burgess, 1877.
Burgess, E.Date: [1877]Reference: 577735i
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Dissections of diseased spleen: three figures. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
Gummelt, W.Date: [1897?]Reference: 577065i- Pictures
Dissections of diseased kidneys: five figures. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
Gummelt, W.Date: [1897?]Reference: 577714i- Pictures
Dissections of diseased kidneys: five figures. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
Gummelt, W.Date: [1897?]Reference: 577712i