dissections

[Remondino de Luzzi overseeing assistant in dissection of cadaver as s...

Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 140.

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...

Title page in: Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini / Jacopo di Berengario. [Bononiae : Impressum per H. da Benedictis, 1521]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

William Hogarth - The reward of cruelty

An anatomy theatre where Nero's body is being dissected; on either side are skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy - Public domain drawing

Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... More

Alphonse Legros - La pièce aux six sujets

1st subject, top center: An anatomist dissects a human head, by the light of a lantern. 2nd subject, top left: The wash-house of Meudon. 3rd subject, top right: The streets of the Old Lantern where Gerard de Ne... More

Our exposure of the swill milk trade

2 captions: 1. Scene at the Offal Dock, foot of Forty-Fifth Street, East River, N.Y. Dissecting the cow, brought from the 16th St. swill cow stables. The picture of the cow shows the right side in a putrified s... More

Portion of a dissected frog.

[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i T...

Group photograph of medical students, their teachers, skeletons, and a cadaver that has been opened. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. In album: Schools, libr... More

[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i T...

Group photograph of medical students, their teachers, skeletons, and a cadaver that has been opened. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. In album: Schools, libr... More