Naked Pathology

Video commentaries of human histopathology specimens from London pathology museums. Produced by Jem Rashbass for the Royal College of Pathologists, London.

01 June 2011

A 1915 autopsy specimen from a patient who dies of falciparum malaria. No further clinical details available.

01 June 2011

A resin cast of the aortic valve viewed from below demonstrating the normal origin of the coronary arteries.

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen, consisting of a sagittal section through the lower vertebrae, spinal cord and overlying soft...

01 June 2011

An incidental finding from the autopsy of a 74 year old woman who died from bronchopneumonia.

01 June 2011

A 1959 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old man, admitted with a history of dull aching pain in the right side of his...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a child with severe burns who developed a pseudomonas infection of the denuded skin and died...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 20 year old clark who had had diptheria aged ten, but no definite attack of rheumatic fever.

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 43 year old man found dead in a lavatory at his place of work. He had not consulted a doctor...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 78 year old male. He presented with a history of flexor spasms in the legs of 4 months...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 73 year old woman, who was found dead, partly dressed, by the side of her bed. Post mortem...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from an 86 year old woman who developed abdominal pains during the night, these continued during...

01 June 2011

An 1872 autopsy specimen from a 69 year old woman. She had had a swelling in her neck for two years. About a year...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen shows a section of the thoracic aorta just below the arch. A large dissecting aneurysm lies on the...

01 June 2011

A 1933 autopsy specimen from a 51 year old postman, who denied venereal disease, had noticed a swelling on the front of...

01 June 2011

A 1953 autopsy specimen from a 48 year old obese woman who had been in hospital for 5 months suffering from a...

01 June 2011

A 1938 surgical specimen from a man aged 24. No general history available. The specimen shows typical tuberculous...

01 June 2011

An operative resection specimen consisting of two enlarged anthracotic lymph nodes showing extensive areas of caseation...

01 June 2011

A 1957 autopsy specimen consisting of a hemisected kidney from a 45 year old man who died of African Trypanosomiasis....

01 June 2011

A surgical resection specimen comprising a portion of the upper lobe of a left lung from a 57 year old male diabetic,...

01 June 2011

A 1938 autopsy specimen, comprising a portion of right lung, from a man aged 22 who died from influenzal...

01 June 2011

A 1935 surgical resection specimen comprising a fallopian tube and ovary showing the features of a chronic gonococcal...

01 June 2011

A 1942 resection specimen comprising a hemisected onchocercal nodule excised from the subcutaneous tissues of the...

01 June 2011

A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 62 year old merchant seaman who died suddenly in Cairo. No other clinical details...

01 June 2011

A Ugandan autopsy specimen from a 4 year old african girl admitted with tumour of the jaw. She died two days after...