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An illustration of the physician and surgeon Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari, popularly known as al-Zahrawi, (936–1013). He was considered to be the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages, and has been referred to as the "father of modern surgery". #histmed

Edward Jenner, father of immunology and pioneer of the smallpox vaccine #histmed #historyofmedicine #vaccination #pastmedicalhistory

Reginald Heber Fitz (1843-1913) the American physician best known for his coinage of the term “appendicitis” in 1886, and his discovery that the appendix could be removed at an early stage to cure the disease. #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory #appendicitis

The temporalis muscle from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #histmed #historyofmedicine #anatomy #pastmedicalhistory

Anatomy of the heart by Henry Vandyke Carter, from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #anatomy #pastmedicalhistory

Sketches of the arm, showing the movements initiated by biceps, by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) #histmed #historyofmedicine #anatomy #pastmedicalhistory

Depiction of the sylvian fissure (lateral sulcus of the brain) from Hieronymus Fabricius's 'Tabulae Pictae'. #histmed #anatomy #historyofmedicine #medschool #pastmedicalhistory

The branches of the maxillary artery from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Mid-saggital section of the brain from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

Sketches of the anatomy and physiology of the brain by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) #histmed #historyofmedicine #anatomy #physiology #pastmedicalhistory

Saggital section of the head from the 'Anatomical Flipbook' by L.W. Yaggy & James J. West, published in 1885 #anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

William Osler (1849-1919) described painful lesions on the hands and feet in infective endocarditis (Osler's nodes) #histmed #historyofmedicine #endocarditis #pastmedicalhistory

"'For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me'" (Mt 25).

Zora Janžekovič (1918-2015) pioneer in the treatment of burns and proponent of tangential excision for removal of eschar #histmed #historyofmedicine #burns #pastmedicalhistory

A phrenology chart from 1883 #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory

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Cross-section of the eyeball from 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy by Henry Vandyke Carter #anatomy #histmed #historyofmedicine #pastmedicalhistory