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06 September 2011
If a diver surfaces too quickly after a dive, they can get the bends, or decompression sickness, causing excruciating...
01 September 2011
A neonatal autopsy specimen from a case of alleged neglect at birth. An unmarried girl of 27, already the mother of...
01 September 2011
An 1861 autopsy specimen from a 32 year old woman admitted for enlargement of the abdomen. She died a week after her...
01 September 2011
A 1997 autopsy specimen from a 30 year old British male, HIV +ve for several years, admitted with mental confusion. A...
01 September 2011
A 1904 autopsy specimen consisting of the heart opened to demonstrate hydatid cysts in various stages of evolution. No...
01 September 2011
A 1987 operative specimen from a 67 year old man who presented with a two year history of a progressively enlarging...
01 September 2011
A 1937 autopsy specimen from a fatal case of Weil's disease (leptospirosis) comprising halves of both kidneys. No...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen of liver showing the classic appearance of hepar lobatum the non-cirrhotic fibrosis of tertiary...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 42 year old man admitted with a six week history of colic often with bouts of vomiting. The...
01 September 2011
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 53 year old sailor who fell down a companionway on board ship on March 20th. He was...
01 September 2011
A 1936 autopsy specimen from a 37 year old children's nurse admitted for painful swellings of the neck and loss of...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from the former Wellcome collection, consisting of the kidney, pelvis and ureter showing...
01 September 2011
A 1964 autopsy specimen from a 38 year old woman, who first noticed a lump in her neck a year before her death....
01 September 2011
A normal Liver View from the cisceral aspect to show the normal lobar architecture. Probe key:- Hepatic artery (Red);...
01 September 2011
A 1931 autopsy specimen from a 27 year old man admitted for diarrhoea which had been intermittent for three months. The...
01 September 2011
This is an example of an unused pig valve prepared for replacement of a human cardiac valve.
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 29 year old woman from Portugal who was admitted to the intensive care unit on 17.10.76. She...
01 September 2011
A 1936 autopsy specimen from a man aged 34 who first presented with tuberculosis of the hip at the age of 9 years. Six...
01 September 2011
A 1976 autopsy specimen from a 65 year old business man, with a history of hypertension. He awoke one night with...
01 September 2011
A 1953 autopsy specimen from a 65 year old woman who complained of a small swelling in the abdominal wall following a...
01 September 2011
A 1974 autopsy specimen from a 75 year old female who was known to have atrial fibrillation. She developed a right...
01 September 2011
A surgical resection specimen from a 35 year old man. He presented with right hypochondrial pain of 10 months duration...
01 September 2011
A 1947 autopsy specimen from a 34 year old mans contracted dysentery in Burma and was invalided out of the army in 1945...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 76 year old female who presented with headaches and was found to have a berry aneurysm....