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Video podcast strands produced by the Naked Scientists.
01 August 2011
A resin cast of the aortic root, right and left coronary arteries.
01 August 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 54 year old man, with known longstanding hydatid disease, who died of chronic renal failure.
12 July 2011
Being able to fly off on holiday is something we may take for granted. But how does the big metal tube you're...
01 July 2011
A 1969 autopsy specimen from a 60 year old male, who had undergone aortic valve replacement ten years previously for...
01 July 2011
A 1971 operative resection specimen, from the Dreadnought hospital, consisting of part of a warty skin nodule (...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 59 year old man admitted with chest pain. An antero-septal infarct was diagnosed. He...
01 July 2011
A 1948 autopsy specimen from a woman aged 53 years, who had had difficulty in swallowing for about eight years before...
01 July 2011
An operative resection specimen from a 26 year old woman who first presented with bloody diarrhoea in 1969. Rectal...
01 July 2011
A 1925 surgical resection specimen from the London Hospital, comprising a hemisected lower leg including half of the...
01 July 2011
A 1947 autopsy specimen from a 56 year old man who dropped dead while walking across Tower bridge. He had no previous...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen from a fatal case of amoebic infection. No further clinical information is available. The specimen...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen consisting of a slice of lung from a fatal case of melioidosis. The cut surface of the ling shows...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen, consisting of a section of lung showing an extensive area of pneumonic consolidation. Histology...
01 July 2011
A 1937 autopsy specimen from a 63 year old man who was in his garden rolling his lawn when he complained of pain in his...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen consisting of the larynx and upper trachea from an African male, age 54, with longstanding...
01 July 2011
A 1956 autopsy specimen from a female neonate who died the day following birth from the effects of an intra-cranial...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen consisting of a segment of colon from a fatal case of S. mansoni. The specimen shows several"...
01 July 2011
This 34 year old woman developed intermittent lower abdominal pain with loose diarrhoea containing mucus. The symptoms...
01 July 2011
A 1927 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old man admitted with subcostal pain and a swelling in the right hypochondrium....
01 July 2011
An 1899 autopsy specimen from an 8 month old child admitted on July 20th for convulsions, which had commenced five days...
01 July 2011
A 1973 autopsy specimen consisting of a vertical slice of an enlarged kidney (225g) from an Irish woman, aged 47, who...
01 July 2011
A cardiac explant from a man who had been severely incapacitated by chronic cardiac failure and coronary artery disease...
01 July 2011
A 1966 autopsy specimen from a man who was 27 when he died. He had been cyanosed from birth and suffered marked...
01 July 2011
A 1911 autopsy specimen from a man aged 40 years, who was admitted under Dr. Shaw for pain in the left loin. He had had...