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Image number: RS.9945
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The stomach of a victim of cholera
Date
1849
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59112
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height (print): 330mm
width (print): 490mm
width (print): 490mm
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Anatomical study showing the stomach of a victim of cholera discovered with mushrooms remaining in the stomach, a regular occurrence despite the vomiting induced by cholera due to food blocking the pyloric orifice in the stomach.
Plate XIII from Anatomie Pathologique du Cholera Morbus by Nikolay Pirogov (St Petersburg, 1849).
Plate XIII from Anatomie Pathologique du Cholera Morbus by Nikolay Pirogov (St Petersburg, 1849).
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