Clay figures. 1200-400 BC. Associated with concept of duality, an important concept in Mesoamerica.
Mayan clay figure, 600-900 AD. Person with ascites likely due to protein deficiency.
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Life cycle represented with spiral pattern.
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Skull of 24 week fetus
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200-900 AD. Shows facial paralysis.
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Obsidian embedded in the calcaneus (heel bone). Obsidian was used in weapons and possibly was embedded during combat.
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Adult female skull. Shows tooth decay.
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Adult female skull with evidence of syphilitic osteomyelitis (bone infection with syphilis).
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Painting depicting tumor removal surgery in 1777.
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Skull with embedded obsidian.
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Adult male skull with syphilis.
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Skull showing lead dental fillings which could lead to lead toxicity.
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2nd trimester fetus a: liver, b: stomach, c: lungs, d: heart.
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Obstetric medical instruments.
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Stethoscopes.
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Fetal lungs: left to right 11-22 weeks.
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"Cursus Medicus Mexicanus". Considered the oldest physiology book published in the Americas. 1727 by Marco Josepho Salgado.
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"Principia Medicinae" 1685 by Diego Osorio Peralta (Didaco Ossorio). A textbook used by students of anatomy in New Spain.
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Adult male skull. Scaphocephaly: premature fusion of sagittal suture.
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Tibia of adult female. Osteomyelitis.
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Laboratory equipment.
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More laboratory equipment.
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Optometry instruments.
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Wax models exhibiting different eye diseases from 1874. From the sign (approx): "wax models were an important complement to the teaching of medicine in 18-19 centuries ... These came to mexico in 1874 from Dr Leopoldo Rio de la Loza. They show a wide variety of diseases affecting the eyeball and its attachments"
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Wax models exhibiting different eye diseases, from 1874.
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Wax models exhibiting different eye diseases from 1874.
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Preserved cadaver showing spine, lungs, abdomen
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Human skull with bones separated.
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Anatomical model with right sagittal view of the head, superior thorax; 19th century.
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19th century. "Anatomical model of the head with eyeballs, teeth with roots" "Left side of head with teeth and roots uncovered".
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19th century. "Anatomical model of the axial skeleton, jugular veins, brachicephalic veins, inferior vena cava, and azygos system"
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19th century anatomical model of the female reproductive system with kidneys, aorta, inferior vena cava, ureters, uterus, uterine tubes, bladder, ovaries, and psoas muscle.
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18th century "venus anatomica"
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Right: 1576, Claudio Galeno "Librorum Tertia Classis Morborum AC Symptomatum differentias omnes & causas & tempora explicat" Upper left: 1716, Manuel de Porras "En Anatomia Galenico-Moderna" Lower left: 1416, Hermanos Limbourg "En Las muy ricas horas del duque de Berry" "these were skills that were acquired at the university... In interpreting the action of the stars and the atmosphere on the body, doctors attempted to restore balance and prevent disease"
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