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Modified tectimform symbols in black in the Cave of Altamina, Cantabria, Spain. Image taken from La caverne d'Altamira à Santillane près Santander (Espagne) par Émile Cartailhac et l'abbé Henri Breuil.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0004704-M0004807

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0004704: Manuscript page from Mélanges d'archéologie showing "Aigle" (Eagle)

M0004705: Manuscript page from Mélanges d'archéologie showing "Aquila" (Eagle)

M0004706: Manuscript page from Mélanges d'archéologie showing "Caladre" (Caladrius)

M0004707: Manuscript page from Mélanges d'archéologie showing "Caladre" (Caladrius)

M0004708: Illustration of "Caladre" (Caladrius)

M0004709: Illustration of busts from Roman Gaul era (1st century BC-5th century AD)

M0004710: Illustration of bas-reliefs and fragments from Roman Gaul era (1st century BC-5th century AD)

M0004712: Image of a Roman-Gaul veterninary scene featuring horses

M0004713: Image of statue of Aesculapius

M0004714: Image of a knight applying a topical medication to a royal patient.

M00004715: Physician and female patient, from Cabanes: Chirurgiens et blesses (1918)

M0004717: A physician giving a lecture to five students, taken from Nicaise: 'La Grande Chirurgie de Guy de Chauliac (1890)

M0004720: Carved figure carrying a lamb

M0004721: Photographic portrait of Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892)

M0004722: Photographic portrait of Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892)

M0004723: Photographic portrait of Ernst von Bergmann

M0004724: Portrait of Carl Adolf Jacob Christian Gerhardt

M0004725: Portait of Frederick III

M0004726:  Ex-votos, or votive offerings

M0004727: Bowl decoration, 'Coupe d'Otanez', with scenes from 11th century spa

M0004728: Scene from a fifteenth century bathing house

M0004729: Illustrations of types and shapes of bronze razors

M0004730: Illustrations of types and shapes of bronze razors

M0004731: Portrait of an unknown man with handwritten thank-you note sent from Institut Pasteur

M0004732: Surgeon's house, Pompeii

M0004733: Six methods of cold water cures

M0004734: Venus and Adonis Fresco from the Casa di Adone at Pompeii

M0004735: Pulse wave illustration

M0004736: Early method of photographing the larynx

M0004737: Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times

M0004738: Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times

M0004739: Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times

M0004740: Greek and Roman Probes-Surgical Instruments

M0004741: Various Greek and Roman Probes- Surgical Instruments

M0004742: Greek & Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004743: Greek and Roman Spatholmes-Surgical Instruments

M0004744: Greek and Roman Gatchcomele-Surgical Instruments

M0004745: Greek and Roman Rasping-Surgical Instruments

M0004746; Greek and Roman Rasping-Surgical Instruments

M0004747: Greek and Roman Specilla-Surgical Instruments

M0004748: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004749: Greek and Roman Spatulas and other Surgical Instruments

M0004750: Greek and Roman Bifurcated Probes-Surgical Instruments

M0004751: Greek and Roman Bifurcated Specula-Surgical Instruments

M0004752: Greek and Roman Blunt Hooks-Surgical Instruments

M0004753: Greek and Roman Sharp Hooks-Surgical Instruments

M0004754: Greek and Roman Forceps-Surgical Instruments

M0004755: Greek and Roman Forceps-Surgical Instruments

M0004756: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004757: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004758: Greek and Roman uvula Forceps-Surgical Instruments

M0004759: Greek and Roman Uvula Forceps-Surgical Instruments

M0004760: Greek and Roman Forceps-Surgical Instruments

M0004761: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004762: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004763: Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004764: Greek and Roman Carved Scapel handle lithotomy Scoop.

M0004765: Greek and Roman Embro Hook and Decapitator.

M0004766: Various Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments

M0004767: Cave painting depicting a man masked as a bison  playing the nose flute.

M0004768: Cave painting of bear

M0004769: Cave painting of a hybrid man-bison creature

M0004770: Upper palaeolithic anthropomorphic figure

M0004771: Upper palaeolithic masked anthropomorphic figure

M0004772: Neolithic human bones and an arrow

M0004773: Two neolithic ulnas

M0004774: Illustration of a broken leg bone demonstrating bone repair

M0004775: Carving of a horse's head at Gruta de Bedeilhac

M0004776; Carving of a bison at Gruta de Bedeilhac

M0004777: Plan of the Thermae of Caracalla, Rome

M0004778: Plaque showing cupping vessels, forceps and shears

M0004779: Portrait of Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799)

M0004780: Statues of St Peter and Virgin Mary

M0004781: Plan of the Cave of Altamina

M0004782: Graffiti in the Cave of Altamina

M0004783: Graffitis in the Cave of Altamina

M0004784: Anthropomorphic figure in the Cave of Altamina

M0004785: Black signs in the Cave of Altamina

M0004787: Tectiform symbols from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004788: Portraits of horses from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004789: Plan of the ceiling from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004790: Drawings from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004791: Drawings from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004792: Figures in red from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004793: Red symbols from the Cave of Altamina

M0004794: Red frescoes from the Cave of Altamina

M0004795: Small bisons from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004796: Animals from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004797: Red horse from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004798: Galloping bison from the Cave of Altamina.

M0004799: Horse from Breuie the Cave of Altamina.

M0004800: Deer and other animals from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004801: Deer from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004802: Boar from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004803: Galloping boar from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004804: Bison from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004805: Bovid, boar and horse from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004806: Bison from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004807: Ox and female bison from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

M0004786: Tectiform symbols in the Cave of Altamina

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M0004786: Tectiform symbols in the Cave of Altamina

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