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Resurrecting this beauty for #BrainAwarenessWeek! Illustrations by 19thc surgeon, anatomist, neurologist & artist Charles Bell, from Anatomy of the Brain, dated 1802. Bell is best known for describing the effects of paralysis on the 7th cranial nerve 'Bell's Palsy'
A 19th century warning on tobacco’s harmful effects from Scottish surgeon-anatomist John Lizars, 'Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco' (1857) #NoSmokingDay
Pages from a student notebook from the anatomy and surgery lectures of Edinburgh Professors of #Anatomy Alexanders Monro Secundus and his son Tertius, dated 1801. This is digitised and available on our Digital Collections site: https://t.co/tgtWXzFRLT
It’s #WorldAnatomyDay so please enjoy these views of the brain! From the beautiful ‘Anatomy of the Human Body’ by Edinburgh anatomist-illustrator Andrew Fyfe, published in 1814
Some beautiful anatomical illustrations of the heart from our collections on #WorldHeartDay. We’d love to see your own drawings of the heart – tweet us your artwork and we’ll share it!
Edinburgh anatomist Andrew Fyfe was b. #OTD 1752. Fyfe was also an exceptional illustrator and these plates are from 'Anatomy of the Human Body' published 1814. He was, however, described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer”
It's #WorldBrainDay so reposting this beautiful artwork by 19thc surgeon, neurologist & artist Charles Bell, from Anatomy of the Brain (1802). Bell is best known for describing the effects of paralysis on the 7th cranial nerve 'Bell's Palsy'
Facsimiles of 'Fasciculus Medicinae', a 15thc collection of medical texts with some of the earliest known anatomical woodcuts, including depictions of pregnancy #InternationalDayoftheMidwife #IDM2021
'Sunday in Scotland' and 'Sunday in England'. Watercolours by C19th Edinburgh surgeon-artist Charles Bell. Guess which one had a good Saturday night! #ArchiveFoodAndDrink #Archive30.
Today marks the start of #BrainAwarenessWeek - these stunning illustrations by 19thc surgeon, neurologist & artist Charles Bell are from Anatomy of the Brain (1802). Bell is perhaps best known for describing the effects of paralysis on the 7th cranial nerve 'Bell's Palsy'