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Dissection
The composition and function of our muscles
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A male écorché leaning against a tree.
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William Cheselden at the Barber-Surgeons Company in London
Chalk sketch from a course in anatomical drawing
The muscles of the human body in the manner of a life class
The clandestine study of anatomy
Lucae contemplates the body of an eighteen year-old suicide
Anatomical detail in the manner of fine art
The anatomy lecturer dissects a knee-joint
A print from the wall of the dissecting room
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Karen Ingham's film that gives voice to preserved body parts
A detailed teaching aid in natural colours
Students and teachers dissect a cadaver on an anatomy table
The anatomy of a living figure, not of a corpse
A man's partially dissected upper body
Striking figures from an anatomical text book
A woman with muscles and viscera exposed
Dissecting the body to understand the causes of hernia