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Charles Scarburgh goes one better and ostentatiously displays an open anatomy book alongside symbols of his astronomical, mathematical, mechanical and classical learning. https://t.co/3f40qqfAvl

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2018-08-09

In the context of a is a device used to hold the open when working in the oral cavity. Applications for medical gags include also management.
The gag was invented in 1877 by Walter Whitehead.

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2018-08-07

C. Wilhelm (1831 – 1892) was a german anatomist. He is known for his excellent lithographs of cross-sections of the human and his pioneer work in He also pioneered the use of frozen for anatomical investigations.

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2018-07-26

Do you know your basilisks from your black On we're turning to Aldrovandi to school us.... (and to our digital collection too) https://t.co/Xv14A3awiw

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2018-07-17

Graphic representations of disease and death as skeletons such as this one, from October of 1958, were commonplace in nineteenth-century issues of Harper's Weekly

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2018-07-03

Exuberant pomegranate via Bentley's Medical Plants 1880 https://t.co/lvJHvY0Btk

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2018-06-22

Charles Bell's Engravings of the Arteries was written by the Scottish surgeon as a manual for medical students (1801) https://t.co/sEiRJbdJGh

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2018-06-20

William (1848 – 1924) was a scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern Outstanding is his '#Atlas of sections'.

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2018-06-04

Tomorrow best-selling author will talk about and the Victorian doctor who used it on his patients! Don't miss this great talk! Book today! https://t.co/ctwir8SQwQ

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2018-05-16

Our Life Series continues with best-selling author 's talk on and the Victorian doctor who used it on his patients! Don't miss this great talk! Book today! https://t.co/ctwir8SQwQ

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2018-05-10

We're doing a little research for a new display. It's amazing how clear the images are in our Equipment Catalogues by Allen and Hanburys Ltd. Can you guess which surgery we're illustrating?

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2018-04-20

Johann Georg Wirsung (1589-1643). Born in Bavaria. Anatomist in Italy. The main pancreatic duct is commonly called the the duct of Wirsung. He was murdered in an argument over who discovered the duct.

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2018-03-29

Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665), first book on microscopy, showed organic and inorganic material in minute detail. More on Hooke here: https://t.co/tDQM0rLAr8

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2018-03-28

Joseph Maclise (1815-1880) UCL student of Robert Liston. Published his 'Surgical Anatomy' in 1851. https://t.co/EScw7DQrYG…

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2018-03-23

Blooms from Bigelow on this warm March 1st, from his American Medical Botany, 1817

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2018-03-02

Love these bizarre 16th Century medical illustrations of eye diseases and surgery by Georg Bartisch. Caused by witchcraft ...... apparently! 👹
Link:https://t.co/qtqkdN33FO


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2018-02-24

Happy Here is a gift from the heart...
'Ball of fibrin found in the left auricle of the heart' by Godart, Thomas and St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum,

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2018-02-14

Gonna doodle a thing for every episode of as I re-listen to them 💀

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2018-01-23