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God animates Adam and operates on his rib. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.

Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.

Eve emerges from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

At the bidding of God, Eve ascends praying from Adam's side. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.

A torso, dissected to reveal the liver, stomach and intestines. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543, after A. Vesalius.

Sternum and right side of rib cage, seen from behind. Watercolour by G.E. Blenkins after a design engraved by A. Bell, 1831.

Ligaments attached to the ribs (above) and to the vertebrae (below): three figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Sternum and right side of rib cage seen from behind. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.J. Sue, 1798.

The first rib lesion, the surgeon and the osteopathic physician / Ray G. Hulbert.

God lifts Eve from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.

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The first rib lesion, the surgeon and the osteopathic physician / Ray G. Hulbert.

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.

A torso, dissected to reveal the liver, stomach and intestines. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543, after A. Vesalius.

God lifts Eve from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.