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A Journal of Medical Humanities

Opening the left ventricle

This image is from Henry W. Cattell’s 1905 Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practioners. It shows the approach for opening the left ventricle after the heart is removed from the body.

Photograph of dissection of the heart
Page from Postmortem pathology; a manual of the technic of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom by Henry W Cattell. 1906. Accessed via the Internet Archive. Contributed by the Library of Congress.

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