Neck to show the pharynx, esophagus, trachea, palate, base of skull & atlas. By William Home Lizars, c.1825.

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Vassily von Anrep, 1852-1927, published the first account of cocaine for regional anaesthesia in a Russian journal in 1884.

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The creation of Sherlock Holmes depended on Edinburgh's med school, preserved by https://t.co/JcyDITf75M

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14 year-old who had ignored steadily worsening lesions for years. From 'Della Falcadina' by Giuseppe Vallenzasca, 1824.

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Twins conjoined at the head and thorax. Drawing in ink and pencil by Gijsbertus Johannes van Klinkenberg, between 1820 and 1840.

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Man with on his face & scalp from Atlas of Skin Diseases, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, 1867.

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On a warning from the 19th century on tobacco’s harmful effects by Scottish surgeon-anatomist John Lizars

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What’s Kept the Society Against Quackery Going for 137 Years? https://t.co/w51P4paCRD

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From an 1887 book on medicinal plants. What is it? What was it supposed to remedy?

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'A peek at the scandalous history of anatomical illustration' https://t.co/5szl63jcLT

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Engraving of a 17th century caesarean operation in ‘Armamentarium Chirurgicum' by German surgeon Johannes Scultetus

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And so it appears in Tenniel's Mad Hatter&Tea-Party, Furniss's Mad Gardener&copies in modern versions

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

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Vassily von Anrep, 1852-1927, publishes the first account of cocaine for regional anaesthesia in a Russian journal in 1884.

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Nicolas Henri Jacob, 1782-1871, illustrator: Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery, Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, 8 vols, 1831-54.

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Antoine is most noted for his (1777) of the role that plays in combustion.

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Scottish anatomist Charles Bell's 'The Anatomy of the Human Body' https://t.co/ghl6ZIyqgI

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