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An 1899 autopsy specimen from an 8 month old child admitted on July 20th for convulsions, which had commenced five days...
A resin cast preparation of the coronary arteries demonstrating the minimal but definite collateral circulation between...
A horizontal section of the upper heart showing the anatomical relations of the tricuspid, mitral, aortic and pulmonary...
A 1954 operative resection specimen from a 51 year old woman who had suffered from attacks of severe upper abdominal...
An autopsy specimen from a 52 year old female who was admitted in May 1981 with right sided hemiplegia. At the time of...
An autopsy specimen comprising a sagittal section through the posterior thoracic vertebrae, spinal cord and overlying...
A 1977 autopsy specimen from a 5 year old child who developed unsteadiness of gait. The lesion was biopsied (for...
1954 autopsy specimens from a 69 year old woman. She complained of pain in the chest during the day, retired to bed at...
A 1954 autopsy specimen from a 44 year old woman. She complained of pain in the mid and lower abdomen on January 23rd,...
A 1976 autopsy specimen from a 73 year old woman who developed tabesdorsalis in 1952, aortic incompetence in 1957, sero...
A 1970 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old woman, who had had a myocardial infarct in the past. She subsequently...
A 1953 autopsy specimen from an 82 year old lady who had been confined to bed for five days with pain in the upper...
An autopsy specimen consisting of the larynx and upper trachea from an African male, age 54, with longstanding...
An autopsy specimen consisting of a slice of lung from a fatal case of melioidosis. The cut surface of the ling shows...
An autopsy specimen, consisting of a section of lung showing an extensive area of pneumonic consolidation. Histology...
A 1925 surgical resection specimen from the London Hospital, comprising a hemisected lower leg including half of the...
A 1933 autopsy specimen comprising a section of bladder from a case of Schistosoma haematobium infestation. The bladder...
An autopsy specimen consisting of a segment of colon from a fatal case of S. mansoni. The specimen shows several"...
A 1940 autopsy specimen from the London Hospital, comprising an almost healed tuberculous spine with marked kyphosis....
A 1935 autopsy specimen from an adult male resident in an endemic area of Chagas disease, Minas Gerais, Brazil. No...
An autopsy specimen from a fatal case of amoebic infection. No further clinical information is available. The specimen...
A 1971 operative resection specimen, from the Dreadnought hospital, consisting of part of a warty skin nodule (...
A 1973 autopsy specimen consisting of a vertical slice of an enlarged kidney (225g) from an Irish woman, aged 47, who...
A 1975 autopsy specimen from a 50 year old woman with a long history of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The specimen...