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Teaching eye surgery with close-up photography, 1870

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Unidentified photographer, Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus advertisement, 1878

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archivalia:

Foetal positions ex cod. Brux. saec. IX

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splattergut:

Lethargy

dissecting cadaver, 1950 c.

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Diseases of the skin from the book Clinique photographique des maladies de la peau by A. de Montméja and Alfred Hardy, 1867-68

Albert Londe, staightjacket, hysteria, 1889

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tubercular lesions on the face and hands

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biomedicalephemera:

Dissection to show the superficial muscles of the back

This engraving by the anatomist John Bell displays the trapezius and latissimus dorsi muscles of the back. These opposing muscles connect to the vertebral column and contribute to the strength of the upper extremity.

Engravings of the bones, muscles, and joints: illustrating the first volume of the Anatomy of the human body. John Bell, 1817.

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prosthodontia:

A man afflicted with tubercular leprosy, 1891.

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medicine’s dark secrets

know your enemy: the flea

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