Awesomely Gross Medical Illustrations From the 19th Century

In the 19th century, doctors couldn’t use photographs to teach their students about disease. So the physicians, surgeons, and anatomists of the 1800s built close relationships with artists, craftsmen, and publishers to produce beautiful (yet horrifically off-putting at times) illustrations.

















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