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Left specimen: Autopsy specimen from a 76 year old woman who had been in poor health for some months before admission...

A 1948 autopsy specimen from a woman aged 53 years, who had had difficulty in swallowing for about eight years before...

A 1935 operative resection specimen from a50 year old insurance clerk, ill for three months with dysphagia, flatulence...

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...

George B., aged 48 years, was admitted under Sir Arbuthnot Lane for constipation and abdominal distension dating from...

An 1862 autopsy specimen from a 60 year old man admitted to Guy's with typhoid dying a fortnight afterwards.

An operative resection specimen from a 26 year old woman who first presented with bloody diarrhoea in 1969. Rectal...

This 34 year old woman developed intermittent lower abdominal pain with loose diarrhoea containing mucus. The symptoms...

A 1948 autopsy specimen, from a 67 year old man who died following a coronary thrombosis. There had been recent...

An 1866 autopsy specimen from a 19 year old male, admitted under Dr. Habershon for heart disease. He had always been...

A 1966 autopsy specimen from a man who was 27 when he died. He had been cyanosed from birth and suffered marked...

A 1947 autopsy specimen from a 56 year old man who dropped dead while walking across Tower bridge. He had no previous...

An autopsy specimen from a 59 year old man admitted with chest pain. An antero-septal infarct was diagnosed. He...

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...

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...

A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man who had "not had a day's illness" from childhood until...

A 1973 autopsy specimen from a male infant who died at five months of age. He was born at term after a normal pregnancy...

A cardiac explant from a man who had been severely incapacitated by chronic cardiac failure and coronary artery disease...

A 1961 autopsy specimen from a 44 year old woman who was first admitted to Guy's four years before her death....

A 1956 autopsy specimen from a female neonate who died the day following birth from the effects of an intra-cranial...

A 1969 autopsy specimen from a 60 year old male, who had undergone aortic valve replacement ten years previously for...

A 1946 autopsy specimen from a 29 year old man, engaged in excavation work at Chingford, was knocked down and crushed...

An autopsy specimen from a 34 yr old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy who had been in congestive cardiac failure in...

An autopsy specimen from a 36 year old male who, having joined the army in "A1" condition subsequently...