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01 August 2011
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had "not had a day's illness" from childhood until...
01 August 2011
A 1954 autopsy specimen consisting of a slice of indurated lung showing bronchiectasis and cystic cavitation with...
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
An autopsy specimen consisting of the larynx and upper trachea from an African male, age 54, with longstanding...
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 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 1956 autopsy specimen from a female neonate who died the day following birth from the effects of an intra-cranial...
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 1927 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old man admitted with subcostal pain and a swelling in the right hypochondrium....
01 July 2011
A 1954 autopsy specimen from a 44 year old woman. She complained of pain in the mid and lower abdomen on January 23rd,...
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...
01 July 2011
A 1940 autopsy specimen from the London Hospital, comprising an almost healed tuberculous spine with marked kyphosis....
01 July 2011
A horizontal section of the upper heart showing the anatomical relations of the tricuspid, mitral, aortic and pulmonary...
01 July 2011
A 1973 autopsy specimen from a male infant who died at five months of age. He was born at term after a normal pregnancy...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen comprising a sagittal section through the posterior thoracic vertebrae, spinal cord and overlying...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 36 year old male who, having joined the army in "A1" condition subsequently...
01 July 2011
A 1961 autopsy specimen from a 44 year old woman who was first admitted to Guy's four years before her death....
01 July 2011
An 1862 autopsy specimen from a 60 year old man admitted to Guy's with typhoid dying a fortnight afterwards.
01 July 2011
A 1933 autopsy specimen comprising a section of bladder from a case of Schistosoma haematobium infestation. The bladder...