Images of the Heart Past and Present

The following list of images come from the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division, in Washington, D.C. The date and correct title of each image has been given if it was available. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you would like to search for other images of the heart in the National Library of Medicine, take the search link below. The numbers I have assigned here are by my own designation and not that of the Library. Also it should be noted that many of the images have a diagonal line through it. This designation was given by the Library to indicate pictures that are either known or suspected to be copyrighted.

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2. Anatomy of the respiratory system (1600-1609 A.D.)
3. Heart with a polyp - date not given
4. Anatomy of the human brain and upper torso (1510-1519 A.D.)
5. Cherubim studying the heart of a dissected dog (1750-1759 A.D.)
6. Anatomy of the neck (1770-1779 A.D.)
7. Anatomy of the human body (Iran, 1480-1489 A.D.)
8. The heart (1520-1529 A.D.)
9. Lungs - date not given
10. Vascular system plate - date not given
11. Thoracic section plate - date not given
12. Thoracic section plate - date not given
13. Thoracic section plate - date not given
14. Thoracic section plate - date not given
15. Thoracic section plate - date not given
16. The heart and the arteries - date not given
17. Be Mine Heart [suspended] - date not given
18. [Arabic script - showing a heart and a gauge for determining blood pressure] - date not given
19. Nocte os meum perfora=tur doloribus et pulsus mei non recumbunt. Job: 30.17 (1630-1639 A.D.)
20. [Anatomy of the heart] (1870-1879 A.D.)
21. [Anatomy of the heart] (1870-1879 A.D.)
22. How your heart works - date not given
23. Your heart - date not given

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