1. Dissection

2. Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, examining a urine flask and surrounded by medical paraphernalia.

3. Invitation to Charles II autopsy
Invitation to Charles II autopsy. His majesty King Charles II of England. 7 February 1685

4. The anatomy of Dr Willem Roell. Oil painting by B. F
The anatomy of Dr Willem Roell. Oil painting by B. F. Landis after Cornelis Troost.

5. The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons

6. A physiological demonstration with vivisection of a dog
A physiological demonstration with vivisection of a dog. Oil painting by Emile-Edouard Mouchy.

7. A scene of anatomical dissection in the ancient world, in a landscape setting. Engraving, 1801.

8. The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A
The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A. Velpeau ( ) performing an anatomical dissection. Etching, after a painting by F. N. A. Feyen-Perrin, 1864.

9. An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.

10. An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657)
An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger ( ). Engraving of 1649 by Renier van Persyn after a design of 1626 by Crispijn de Passe the second.

11. An anatomical dissection by Realdus Colombus, attended by onlookers
An anatomical dissection by Realdus Colombus, attended by onlookers. Collotype after a woodcut, 1559.

12. An anatomical dissection in an interior in Guadalupe
An anatomical dissection in an interior in Guadalupe. Gouache attributed to F. J. Blanco Juste, c

13. A dissection scene with St Anthony of Padua in which the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti, 19th c., after Girolamo da Treviso.

14. A dissection scene, with five attending figures
A dissection scene, with five attending figures. Line block after a woodcut, 1482.

15. A man seated in a chair in a landscape, holding an open book, directing a dissection which is taking place in the foreground. Line block after a woodcut, c

16. Sir Charles Scarborough and Dr Edward Arris conducting an anatomical dissection. Watercolour painting by G. P. Harding after an oil painting by R. Greenbury.

17. William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London, ca. 1730/1740. Oil painting attributed to Charles Phillips.

18. Five surgeons attending dissection of corpse
Five surgeons attending dissection of corpse. Engraving By: William Marshall From: The manuall of the anatomy or dissection of the body of man. By: Alexander Read

19. A dissection scene after "The Anatomy Lesson" by Rembrandt - showing Nicholas Tulp lecturing to members of the Surgeons's Guild at Amsterdam, Ivory on wood.

20. Anatomical dissection by prosecutor, with lecturer sitting apart, circa Woodcut From: Isagoge Breves By: Beregarius, Jacobus, Carpensis Published: B. HectorisBologna  1523

21. Instruments for dissection, after Vesalius' Fabrica 1543, page 235
Instruments for dissection, after Vesalius' Fabrica 1543, page Woodcut 16th century

22. Woodcut of anatomical dissection
Woodcut of anatomical dissection. From: The 'Fasciculo di medicina', Venice 1493.

23. An anatomical dissection in an anatomy theatre
An anatomical dissection in an anatomy theatre. Engraving circa 1714 By: P.L. Ghezzi From: Tabulae anatomicae By: Giovanni Maria Lancisi

24. Engraving of an anatomical dissection at Leiden. circa 1614

25. An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre
An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.

26. Caricature of an anatomical dissection, depicting the cruelty of dissected criminal avenged by the heartlessness of the anatomists; 'The Reward of Cruelty'. Engraving 1751

27. Dissection scene Engraving and text From: Anthropographia et osteologia By: Jean Riolan the younger Published: MoreauParis  1626

28. Mundinus, the Italian anatomist, making his first dissection in the anatomy theatre at Bologna, Oil painting by Ernest Board. circa 1910 By: Ernest Board

29. An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument whilst a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, By: Thomas Rowlandson