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A 1933 autopsy specimen from a 51 year old postman, who denied venereal disease, had noticed a swelling on the front of...
A 1935 surgical resection specimen comprising a fallopian tube and ovary showing the features of a chronic gonococcal...
A 1937 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old man of no known occupation. He had had no medical attention "for many...
A 1959 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old man, admitted with a history of dull aching pain in the right side of his...
An autopsy specimen from a 46 year old woman who walked into the side of a bus in the black-out, was crushed and killed...
A 1971 specimen from the Dreadnought hospital consisting of a wedge shaped portion of skeletal muscle containing...
A 1948 operative resection specimen from a 63 year old woman who was admitted complaining of swelling in the neck and...
An 1872 autopsy specimen from a 69 year old woman. She had had a swelling in her neck for two years. About a year...
A 1958 operative resection specimen from a 50 year old man who had suffered from pain in the left iliac fossafor many...
A 1958 autopsy specimen from a 69 year old docker who had been previously fit and well. He experienced crushing central...
An autopsy specimen, consisting of a sagittal section through the lower vertebrae, spinal cord and overlying soft...
A surgical resection specimen comprising a portion of the upper lobe of a left lung from a 57 year old male diabetic,...
A 1963 autopsy specimen comprising a portion of a heart showing thickening of the epicardium at the apex. From a woman...
A 1983 operative specimen. This unusually symmetrical thrombus was removed from the left atrium of a woman with a...
An autopsy specimen from a 73 year old woman, who was found dead, partly dressed, by the side of her bed. Post mortem...
A full-term foetus shown in sagittal section. The anus is displaced forwards by a globular tumour measuring four inches...
A 1976 autopsy specimen from a 31 year old female who was admitted to Guy's complaining of severe headache of...
A 1915 autopsy specimen from a patient who dies of falciparum malaria. No further clinical details available.
An operative resection specimen consisting of two enlarged anthracotic lymph nodes showing extensive areas of caseation...
A Ugandan autopsy specimen from a 4 year old african girl admitted with tumour of the jaw. She died two days after...
A 1969 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had been known to have rheumatic endocarditis since his discharge...
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...
A 1937 autopsy specimen from an infant aged two months, whopresented with projectile vomiting. The childwaswasted and...
A 1957 autopsy specimen from a 59 year old woman who was known to have been a blue baby, but survived without operation...