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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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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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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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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology Normal and Pathological
Date: Oct 1884Reference: GALTON/2/8/1/15/4Part of: Galton Papers- Books
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Testimonials in favour of Samuel Wright, M.D. [for the Candidacy for the Chair of Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Medicine, in University College, London].
Wright, Samuel.Date: 1841- Journals
Folia pathologica.
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Descriptive catalogue of the Anatomical and Pathological Museum of St. Bartholomew's Hospital : published by order of the governers.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England)Date: 1882-1884- Books
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A descriptive catalogue of the Anatomical and Pathological Museum of St. Bartholomew's Hospital / published by order of the governors.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Museum (London)Date: 1882-84