A 1954 autopsy specimen from a 70 year old male inpatient of Buckland Hospital (Mental...
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A surgical resection specimen from a 35 year old man. He presented with right hypochondrial pain of 10 months duration...
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 53 year old sailor who fell down a companionway on board ship on March 20th. He was...
A 1917 autopsy specimen from an officer in the British army in France who until the day before his death was in robust...
A 1912 autopsy specimen from a 73 year old man who presented with acute abdominal pain of four days duration,...
A neonatal autopsy specimen from a case of alleged neglect at birth. An unmarried girl of 27, already the mother of...
An autopsy specimen from a 13 year old boy who died of staphylococcal septicaemia. No other clinical details are...
An autopsy specimen from a 66 year old female with quadriparesis progressing over 14 years.
A 1974 autopsy specimen from a 75 year old female who was known to have atrial fibrillation. She developed a right...
A 1987 operative specimen from a 67 year old man who presented with a two year history of a progressively enlarging...
An autopsy specimen from a 76 year old female who presented with headaches and was found to have a berry aneurysm....
This is an example of an unused pig valve prepared for replacement of a human cardiac valve.
A 1937 autopsy specimen from a fatal case of Weil's disease (leptospirosis) comprising halves of both kidneys. No...
An autopsy specimen from the former Wellcome collection, consisting of the kidney, pelvis and ureter showing...
A 1936 autopsy specimen from a man aged 34 who first presented with tuberculosis of the hip at the age of 9 years. Six...
A liver from a woman aged 55 from Dominica who suffered from Schistosomamansoni infection. Death was due to...
A 1971 autopsy specimen from the Dreadnought hospital. The specimen, an incidental finding, comprises a male urethra...
We explore how the jet engine evolved to become such an efficient, powerful piece of technology, from the early designs...
David Compton from Industrial Chemicals Ltd explains the conditions, materials and equipment needed to make tonnes of a...
Why are some people short sighted and some people long sighted? And how do we use something more usually associated...
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had "not had a day's illness" from childhood until...
A 1969 autopsy specimen from a middle aged woman who died suddenly. No further clinical details available.
A 1961 autopsy specimen from a 44 year old woman who was first admitted to Guy's four years before her death....
A 1967 autopsy specimen from a 56 year old female who died of congestive cardiac failure.
A selection of autopsy cardiac specimens comprising Starr-Edwards silastic ball valves, a Bjork-Shiley tilting valve...