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Illustrations of the diseases of the breast ... Part 1 / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Astley Cooper, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh · 1829 · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1829. · 1 picture

A surgical atlas of breast disease by the London anatomist Astley Cooper, issued in 1829 for physicians and medical students. Hand-coloured lithographic plates show dissected and sectioned tumours as numbered specimens floating on cream grounds, in pale yellows, pinks and greys; useful for isolated organic shapes, clustered figure arrangements, and soft washed modelling against empty space.

Breast Diseases

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