A naked man with hemiplegia walking with a stick: (above) from the side, (below) from the front. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A man walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with epilepsy, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A man in a t-shirt but no trousers, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with motor neuron disease, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with locomotor ataxia, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A woman sitting on a chair and putting a pair of bloomers on. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A woman being given a small bouquet by a little girl. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

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Beating the bodysnatchers

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An inaugural dissertation on phthisis pulmonalis : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania; on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802. For the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

An inaugural dissertation on the principle of animation : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees & Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Joseph Macrery.

An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Hugh Whiteford.

Observations on the management of Peruvian bark : submitted as an inaugural dissertation, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine : to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 / by William Nelson.

An inaugural dissertation on the Prunus virginiana, commonly known in the United States by the name of wild cherry-tree : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees & Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Charles Morris.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

Illness and the influence of the stars

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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

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An inaugural dissertation on phthisis pulmonalis : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania; on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802. For the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

An inaugural dissertation on the principle of animation : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees & Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Joseph Macrery.

An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Hugh Whiteford.

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Stories

The island of unclaimed bodies

Illness and the influence of the stars

Beating the bodysnatchers

Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

Images

Catalogue

An inaugural dissertation on phthisis pulmonalis : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania; on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802. For the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

An inaugural dissertation on the principle of animation : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing ..., the Trustees & Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh of May, 1802, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Joseph Macrery.

An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Hugh Whiteford.