Video Podcasts

Video podcast strands produced by the Naked Scientists.

01 June 2011

A 1941 preparation consisting of two aortic valves (upper and middle specimens) and one pulmonary valve (lower specimen...

01 June 2011

A 1969 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had been known to have rheumatic endocarditis since his discharge...

01 June 2011

A 1964 autopsy specimen from a woman of 52 who died in hospital (Whipps Cross) shortly after collapsing unexpectedly at...

01 June 2011

A 1983 operative specimen. This unusually symmetrical thrombus was removed from the left atrium of a woman with a...

01 June 2011

A 1937 autopsy specimen from a 31 year old man who had suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs for six years and had...

01 June 2011

A 1948 operative resection specimen from a 63 year old woman who was admitted complaining of swelling in the neck and...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from the Wellcome collection, comprising a section of liver from an elderly Kenyan male who died...

01 June 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 62 year old woman who died of cerebral infarction. This piece of liver contains an old well-...

01 June 2011

First specimen: A surgical resection specimen from a 66 year old woman, admitted from Guernsey for investigation of a...

01 June 2011

An autopsy from an elderly male with a history of chronic empyema prior to death. No further medical details available.

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...