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Bones

Neat bones, flush and fitting together nicely.

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The intermediate life of spirits

Courttia Newland explores the events and his feelings surrounding the death of his mother-in-law, Tara Chauhan.

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Keeping death close

Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.

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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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  • Engravings, explaining the anatomy of the bones, muscles and joints / [John Bell].
  • Engravings, explaining the anatomy of the bones, muscles and joints / [John Bell].
  • Bone of the skull. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Anatomy and botany; top, hyoid bone and vertebrae; left, vertebral column; right, gentian. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Bones of the skull: two figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Bones of the skull: four figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Bones of the skull: four figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Bones of the skull: seven figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • The hand: three figures, (left to right) bones, muscles, and surface anatomy. Colour lithograph, 1868, after J.A. Vinter.
  • Bones of the skull and parts of the ear: thirteen figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
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