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    Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)

    Olympic Diving Diagrams (1912)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Olympic Diving Diagrams (1912)

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Geometry & Diagrams, Emotion & Expression

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the *Divina Commedia* (1855/1872)
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    Music & Arts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)

    Essays
    Jacob Sarnoff and the Strange World of Anatomical Filmmaking

    Jacob Sarnoff and the Strange World of Anatomical Filmmaking

    By Miriam Posner

    US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - Miriam Posner on what led a 1920s Brooklyn surgeon to remove the veins from a day-old infant, mount them on a board, and film them being pumped with air. more

    1 Sep 2015