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The Heart
The organ that circulates our blood still retains rich emotional and cultural significance.
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The heart as a seed of a tree
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A bovine heart, great vessels and bronchial tree
Illustration in Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus
Open-heart operation at Papworth Hospital
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Sacrificial knife dating from 1400-1521
X-ray of pacemaker implanted in the body
Showing the connections between heart and brain
A tube used to ease the flow of blood in the arteries
20th century Valentine card
Watercolour showing a scene from the Ramayana
Transplant patient sees her own heart
Plastic cool box used to transport hearts for transplant