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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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Ken’s ten: looking back at ten years of Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection founder Ken Arnold picks his favourite exhibits.

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  • Anatomy: a head with the skull removed showing meninges. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • Bone of the skull. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Bones of the skull: two figures. Ink and watercolour, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • Anatomy and botany: top, skull, jawbone, and muscles of head; bottom, hellebore plant. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • 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(?).
  • Anatomy: a head with part of the skull removed showing the gyri of the brain. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • Cross-section of a skull including detail of inner ear. Pencil drawing, after an unidentified work on anatomy, ca. 1830(?).
  • The human ear: the anatomy of the inner ear, as seen through above and through the skull. Engraving by T. Milton, 1808.
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