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Full page color illustrations of sections of the human cranium, including skull, brain, and membranes

From Gautier Dagoty’s Anatomie de la tête : en tableaux imprimés, qui representent au naturel le cerveau sous différentes coupes, la distribution des vaisseaux dans toutes les parties de la tête, les organes des sens, & une partie de la nevrologie ; d’après les piéces disséquées & préparées, par M. Duverney … en huit grandes planches, dessinées, peintes, gravées, & imprimées (1748).

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Front page of a text on gout

From Augustin Belloste and Thomas Sydenham’s Monsieur Belloste’s Hospital surgeon, as far as it treats of the gout, rheumatism, cholick, dropsy, stone, gravel, and venereal complaints … : to which are added Dr. Sydenham’s observations on the gout ; with proper notes on each ; this book is given gratis up one pair of stairs, at the sign of the famous anodyne necklace … and at Mr. Bradshaw’s Stoughton’s, & Daffy’s Elixir Ware-House .. (1737).

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