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                                 Image number: RS.10316
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            ‘Cyst in the brain’
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                                1831
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                William Say (1768 - 1834, British) , Engraver
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Frederick Richard Say (1804 - 1868, British) , Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 2_1831
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 325mm
width (print): 235mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 235mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Illustration of the brain showing two exposed vascular csyts.
On view is the right hemisphere of the cerebrum. A horizontal section has been removed, exposing two vascular cysts.
Plate 25 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 25. Drawn by F. R. Say. London Published July 1. 1829. by Longman, Rees, Orme & Brown. Eng by W. Say’
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            On view is the right hemisphere of the cerebrum. A horizontal section has been removed, exposing two vascular cysts.
Plate 25 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 25. Drawn by F. R. Say. London Published July 1. 1829. by Longman, Rees, Orme & Brown. Eng by W. Say’
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