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Breast cancer cells

Taxus Baccata (Yew)

Breast cancer cell

Illustration shows the excision of a cancerous growth from a woman's breast, an operation which Hanaoka Seishu first carried out in 1804 using general anasthetic

Taxus baccata (English yew)

Woman suffering from cancer of the left breast

Plate LVI. Surgery for the removal of the mammary gland.

Woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast

Table XLII-XLIII. A medicinal dictionary, 1743-45.

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Woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast

Plate LVI. Surgery for the removal of the mammary gland.

Table XLII-XLIII. A medicinal dictionary, 1743-45.

Breast cancer cell

Breast cancer cells