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Muscles of the face and neck from Johannes Sobotta's atlas of human anatomy, 1st published in 1904

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The carotid arteries and interior jugular veins - from Clarke’s text-book on embalming (1885). Credit: https://t.co/F4PK5dqEtS

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Caesarean section methodology from Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme by J. M. Bourgery (1797-1849)

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Axial section through the abdomen from Johannes Sobotta's atlas of human anatomy, 1st published in 1904

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A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine by and Peter A. Koolmees

The first concise global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, covering the past 400 years.



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Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833-1890) the German psychiatrist who coined the term agoraphobia

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The thoracic aorta and it's branches from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter

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The mouth from 'The Practical Guide to Health' by Frederick M. Rossiter (1910)

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Indigestion as depicted by British caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

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Anatomy of the skull from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter

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Superficial dissection of the left side of the neck, from "An Atlas and Epitome of Operative Aanatomy" by Otto Zuckerkandl

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The circle of Willis was first described by anatomy pioneer Thomas Willis in his Cerebri anatome of 1664

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1802 caricature by James Gillray depicting the early controversy surrounding Jenner's vaccination theory

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