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The externa l carot id from Anatomy, descript ive and surgical by Henry Gray, FRS
(London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1897) , page 556.
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“The Genuine Finsen l ight” from The e lectro-therapeutic guide, or, A thousand quest ions asked and
answered by Homer Clark Bennett (Lima, Ohio: Li terary Dept . of the Nat iona l Col lege of
Electro-Therapeut ics, 1907) , page 190.
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“Capi l la ry network of the pulmonary b lood -vessels in the human lung” from Hand-book of
physiology by W. Morrant Baker (London: John Murray) , page 268.
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Laryngoscope employed wi th art i f ic ia l l ight from The principles and pract i ce of surgery
(New York: W. Wood & Co. , 1892) , page 680.
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Bacchus and S i lenus from Evolution and Disease by Si r John Bland -Sutton
(New York: Scribner & Welford , 1890), page 55.
Ava i lab le v ia ht tps ://archive .org/stream/evolut iondisease00blan/
evolutiondisease00blan#mode/1up
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“The arch of the aorta and i ts branches” from Anatomy, descript ive and surgical by Henry Gray
and Thomas Pickering (Phi lade lphia : Lea brothers & co. , 1887) , page 503.
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anatomydescripti1887gray#page/n5/mode/1up
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I l lustra t ion of a f luoroscopic examination from A pract i cal treatise on medical diagnosis
for students and physic ians by John Herr Musser
(Phi lade lphia and New York: Lea , 1904), p 545.
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Dove wi th an accessory wing from Evolution and Disease by Si r John Bland -Sutton
(New York: Scribner & Welford , 1890), page 114.
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evolutiondisease00blan#page/114/mode/1up
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Hand-book o f cal isthenic s and gymnasti cs : a complete dr i l l -book for schools , familie s , and gymnasiums by
J . Madison Watson (New York and Phi ladelphia : Schermerhorn, Bancroft & co. , 1864) ,
f ront isp iece. Avai lable v ia https ://archive.org/stream/handbookofcal i s t00wats/
handbookofcal is t00wats#page/n347/mode/1up
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Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (London: Pr inted by J . Grismond for Nath: Brooke,
a t the ange l in Cornhi l l , 1652) , page 51.
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