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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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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
Catalogue
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[Human dissection]. Plate 4.
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Human dissection. Plate 3.
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Human dissection : its drama and struggle.
Lassek, Arthur M. (Arthur Marvel), 1902-Date: [1958]- Digital Images
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Human head dissection
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Human anatomy : double dissection method / by Dudley J. Morton.
Morton, Dudley J. (Dudley Joy), 1884-1960.Date: 1934