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01 August 2011
A 1944 autopsy specimen from a 56 year old man dying of primary carcinoma of the lung. A septic pleural effusion...
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 1866 autopsy specimen from a 19 year old male, admitted under Dr. Habershon for heart disease. He had always been...
01 July 2011
A 1971 operative resection specimen, from the Dreadnought hospital, consisting of part of a warty skin nodule (...
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
An autopsy specimen comprising a sagittal section through the posterior thoracic vertebrae, spinal cord and overlying...
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 from an 87 year old lady who, although suffering from dementia was otherwise fit and well,...
01 July 2011
This 34 year old woman developed intermittent lower abdominal pain with loose diarrhoea containing mucus. The symptoms...
01 July 2011
A 1935 autopsy specimen from an adult male resident in an endemic area of Chagas disease, Minas Gerais, Brazil. No...
01 July 2011
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had "not had a day's illness" from childhood until...
01 July 2011
A 1954 operative resection specimen from a 51 year old woman who had suffered from attacks of severe upper abdominal...
01 July 2011
A 1946 autopsy specimen from a 35 year old clerk, who had had rheumatic fever at the age of 13 and was confined to bed...
01 July 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 34 yr old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy who had been in congestive cardiac failure in...
01 July 2011
A 1970 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old woman, who had had a myocardial infarct in the past. She subsequently...
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
A resin cast preparation of the coronary arteries demonstrating the minimal but definite collateral circulation between...
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
An autopsy specimen from a 59 year old man admitted with chest pain. An antero-septal infarct was diagnosed. He...
01 July 2011
A 1935 operative resection specimen from a50 year old insurance clerk, ill for three months with dysphagia, flatulence...
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 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 1925 surgical resection specimen from the London Hospital, comprising a hemisected lower leg including half of the...
01 July 2011
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a seventeen month old child who had been drowsy, drawing up his legs and occasionally...