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Life & death, Ganga river, India, 2019 - by Rahul Gupta, Indian
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Allegory of the Transience of Life,(c. 1480–90) Master IAM of Zwolle
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Jan de Baen, Detail of The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers, ca. 1672-75
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The Wicker Man of the Druids
An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798).
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A monster soup commonly called Thames water

A woman drops her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water.
Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
#biology#history#curiosity#own post#anatomy#medical#medicine#art#human anatomy#art history#river thames#pollutants#pollution#london#historical#microscope#microbiologist#bacteria#etching illustration
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The damaged heart of George II
1761
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#biology#history#curiosity#anatomy#art#anatomical#biology illustration#medical illustration#cardiac#cardiology#18th century#scientific illustration#etching
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Human jaw at 6 ½ years old, showing baby teeth and undescended adult teeth. A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction. 1888.
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#anatomy#dental#jaw#baby teeth#teeth#19th century#anatomy illustration#etching illustration#scientific illustration#dentisry
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Through The Fire (2016) - Jean Labourdette
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Death wears a fool's clothing. Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development. 1895.
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#bookplate#19th century#ex libris#biology#historical#vintage anatomy#anatomical#skeleton#death#memento mori#macabre art#vintage illustration#anatomy illustration
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Anatomical study of a skull and the jaw
Artist: Pieter van Gunst
Type: Etching Print
Date: 1685
Artwork in the public domain
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Skeleton of Urizen from A Small Book of Designs. William Blake, 1794
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🐸 Synopsis of the extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America /. Philadelphia: McCalla & Stavely, 1869.
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🗡 An history of animals: London: Printed for Thomas Osborne . ., 1752.
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Chinese mythological animals, one of them a kilin, another a boar.
Woodcut by a Chinese printmaker
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Spinal adjustment and mechanical treatment. 1922.
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Illustration of a skull
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#skeleton#skull#biology illustration#medical illustration#medical treatment#scientific illustration#scientific diagram
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