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India: the ruins of Sammy House surrounded by scattered bones of sepoys killed in action. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
Beato, Felice, 1832-1909.Reference: 33001i
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Weber and Michels: Cancer of extrahepatic bile ducts and hepatostomy 1905
Date: 1896-1941Reference: PP/FPW/B.51/1
Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Date: 1690Reference: 17931i
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Human skull seen from below and above. Grey wash drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29321i
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Osteologica cultural : prácticas cefálicas / Pedro Weiss.
Weiss, Pedro, 1893-Date: 1958-1961
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Dissections of the brain and blood vessels: three figures. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.
Gautier Dagoty, 1717-1785.Date: 1748Reference: 526084i
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Human skull: right lateral view. Lithograph, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 642822i
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Two unusual benign tumours in skulls from the Ossuary at Křtiny (Czech Republic) / Eugen Strouhal [and others].
Date: 1996
Archives and manuscripts
M0010512: Human skull: inside view.
Date: 12 March 1948Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/92/91
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.
Brouwer, Adriaen, 1605 or 1606-1638.Reference: 22621i
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The crucifixion of Christ; two Maries and Saint John the Evangelist lament. Etching by P.B.
Reference: 23193i
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Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball, 1857.
Ball, R.Date: [1857]Reference: 571663i
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Das Skelett von Viste auf Jäderen : ein Fall von Skaphocephalie aus der älteren skandinavischen Steinzeit / von Carl M. Fürst.
Fürst, Carl M. (Carl Magnus), 1854-1935.Date: 1909
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M0006139: Profile of a skull with a hole caused by a boring operation
Date: 09 March 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/51/38
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A figure with an orange beak and a vest bearing the words 'Leo' moving three coloured cups around a green playing board bearing a skull, a pink heart and a clover leaf; an advertisement for the Mainz 'Stop AIDS' Festival on 23 August 1989 at the Kulturzentrum [Mainz], organised by the Landeszentrale für Gesundheitserziehung in Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. Colour lithograph by Klaus.
Date: 1989Reference: 673732i
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Skull, pelvic bones and bones of the arm. Drawing, ca. 1800.
Date: 1800Reference: 576662i
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On the structure and development of the skull of the common fowl (Gallus domesticus) / by William Kitchen Parker.
Parker, William Kitchen, 1823-1890.Date: [1869?]
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Human skulls: three figures showing the skulls of an African, a Native American and a Chinese. Stipple engraving, 1843.
Date: 1843Reference: 564575i
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Skull of a three-year-old brown bear: four figures, showing the skull and jaw-bones. Etching, 1840/1870?.
Date: [1840/1870?]Reference: 571685i
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The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
Painter, Elizabeth, English watercolour painter, active 1937-1957.Date: 1957Reference: 460376i
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Skull of a beheaded man. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29240i
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Assam: a burial place of the Konyak Naga tribe, with heads placed in sandstone hollows above ground. Photograph attributed to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995.Date: [1937?]Reference: 664005i
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Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.
Reference: 21406i
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The Virgin and Child appear to Saint Bruno. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1647.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: 1830Reference: 11803i
Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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Rembrandt at the door of the Amsterdam anatomy theatre. Process print, 1927, of an engraving by C. L. van Kesteren after C. Bisschop.
Bisschop, Christoffel, 1828-1904.Date: 1927Reference: 25247i

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India: the ruins of Sammy House surrounded by scattered bones of sepoys killed in action. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Weber and Michels: Cancer of extrahepatic bile ducts and hepatostomy 1905

A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.

Human skull seen from below and above. Grey wash drawing, c. 1789.

Osteologica cultural : prácticas cefálicas / Pedro Weiss.

Dissections of the brain and blood vessels: three figures. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.

Human skull: right lateral view. Lithograph, 18--.

Two unusual benign tumours in skulls from the Ossuary at Křtiny (Czech Republic) / Eugen Strouhal [and others].

M0010512: Human skull: inside view.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

The crucifixion of Christ; two Maries and Saint John the Evangelist lament. Etching by P.B.

Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball, 1857.

Das Skelett von Viste auf Jäderen : ein Fall von Skaphocephalie aus der älteren skandinavischen Steinzeit / von Carl M. Fürst.

M0006139: Profile of a skull with a hole caused by a boring operation

Skull, pelvic bones and bones of the arm. Drawing, ca. 1800.

On the structure and development of the skull of the common fowl (Gallus domesticus) / by William Kitchen Parker.

Human skulls: three figures showing the skulls of an African, a Native American and a Chinese. Stipple engraving, 1843.

Skull of a three-year-old brown bear: four figures, showing the skull and jaw-bones. Etching, 1840/1870?.

The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.

Skull of a beheaded man. Drawing, c. 1789.

Assam: a burial place of the Konyak Naga tribe, with heads placed in sandstone hollows above ground. Photograph attributed to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.

Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.

The Virgin and Child appear to Saint Bruno. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1647.

Rembrandt at the door of the Amsterdam anatomy theatre. Process print, 1927, of an engraving by C. L. van Kesteren after C. Bisschop.