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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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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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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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Mapping the body

These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.

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  • Plate 53. Pathology of the male genitalia, urinary organs.
  • Plate XLIX. Dissection of the leg, ankle, and foot.
  • Hunterian Museum, Library and Common Room, Glasgow. Line engraving by J. Swan after J. Fleming.
  • Plate III. The surgical dissection of the thorax and the episternal region. Delegation of the primary aortic branches.
  • Plate IX. Surgical dissection
  • Plate XV. The surgical dissection of the elbow and forearm.
  • Plate I. Dissection of the thorax and axilla
  • Plate VII, Arteries, veins and muscles of the neck.
  • Plate XXV. External view of the pharynx with its muscles.
  • Pl. XXIV. Dissection of the arteries and nerves in the neck.
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