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Diaphragm. Abdomen
‘Traite complet de l’anatomie de l’homme, comprenant la medicine operatoire.’, by Jean Marc Bourgery, published in Paris by C.A. Delaunay, 1831-54. Image from OpiumMeadow flickr (link) ‘Diaphragme....
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Bidloo Placenta
Best known as an anatomist, Govard Bidloo’s most famous work was his monumental Anatomia humani corporis published in Amsterdam in 1685, containing 107 copperplate engravings. Like so many large and...
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Anencephaly Illustration
Anencephaly is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of conception,...
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Kepler Optica
A plate from Johannes Kepler’s Ad Vitellionem Paralipomena, quibus Astronomiae Pars Optica (1604), illustrating the structure of eyes. Image from wikimedia commons (link) The Renaissance astronomer and...
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