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Anatomical preparation

A dissection of the thoracic duct which has been dried, varnished and coloured; a standard method of preserving dissections in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Other narratives:

• Inventory no. 38508 - ANATOMICAL PREPARATIONS
• Inventory no. 38508 - Former Display Label

Related Objects:

• Inventory No. 38508, "Anatomical Preparation of Kidney, Oxford, c. 1760" [1934-21]
• Inventory No. 40951, "Anatomical Preparation of the Thoracic Duct, Oxford, c. 1760" [1934-22]