Portrait of Alexander Monro. Painted by Allan Ramsay and engraved by James Bafire. Monro was a Professor of Anatomy and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Chinese ivory anatomical manikin which was used by upper class women to indicate to their physician the site of their problem. The top-knot from her hair has been removed to reveal a stopper.
Trephine or Trepan was a surgical instrument used to open the cranium. It was essentially a device to drill a circular hole in the head. The example pictured here had perpendicular teeth, a center pin and a screw button in the shaft of the barrel to...
Single female ivory anatomical manikin of seventeenth or eighteenth century European origin. Plate has been removed to reveal the contents of her thorax and abdomen.