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Outlines of medico-chirurgical science ; containing remarks on medical education, and illustrations of the application of anatomy, physiology, and pathology, to the principal practical points of medicine and surgery. With coloured plates / [by] Thomas Turner.

Turner, Thomas, 1793-1873., William Lister, Physical Society (Guy's Hospital), King's College London · 1827 · London : Printed for Thomas & George Underwood, Manchester : W. & W. Clarke, 1827. · 2 pictures

A medical textbook by Thomas Turner, printed in London and Manchester in 1827 for students entering medicine and surgery, with hand-coloured plates engraved by T. Fielding. The plates are schematic sectional diagrams — abdomen, thorax, skull, fetal membranes — outlined in fine brown line with flat ochre, pink and red washes and letter keys, useful for diagrammatic anatomy and muted two-colour overlays.

Physiology · Life · Anatomy · Education, Medical · Disease · Surgery

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