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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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The secret hystery of a womb

A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.

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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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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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  • Anatomy of a male dog: cross-section, showing the skeleton and internal organs. Colour process print, 1920/1950?.
  • Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of coloured plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of coloured plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
  • The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of colored plates taken from nature with commentaries, notes and cases / by Henry Savage, M.D.
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