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Piece of skin

Piece of skin

1790-1819

Fragment of skin from Thomas Williams, a bodysnatcher executed for murder 5th December 1831.

Skin of bodysnatcher Thomas Williams

1831

Skin from neck of one of brothers hanged for forgery, puckered and marked by rope, with labels, found by F.T. Buckland in vaults of St. Martin in the Fields, 1859, English(?), 1634-1840

Skin from neck of one of brothers hanged for forgery

1634-1840

Human skin, tattooed with inscription, French, 1830-1900

Human skin

1830-1900

Sheet of laboratory-grown skin in flask, preserved in formalin, for demonstration purposes, of type used to form skin grafts used to treat leg ulcers, from the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, c.1987

Laboratory-grown skin, c. 1987.

1982-1992

Skinned hedgehog, skin only, possibly Chinese 1830-1920

Skinned hedgehog

1830-1920

Fragment of skin from John Bishop, a bodysnatcher executed for murder on 5th December, 1831

Fragment of skin from John Bishop

1831

Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus, in glass toppered plywood case, found in St. Martin's Vaults, London, 1859, English, 1601-1840

Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus

1601-1840

Fragment of skin of Jeremy Bentham, who was dissected in 1832, in frame

Piece of Jeremy Bentham's skin, England, 1832

1832

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin. The cells are stained pink. The flask was prepared by the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, 1993, and does not contain any liquid.

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

1993

Fragment of skin of Jeremy Bentham, who was dissected in 1832

Piece of Jeremy Bentham's skin, England, 1832

1832

The glass frame for fragment of skin of Jeremy Bentham, who was dissected in 1832

Frame for piece of Jeremy Bentham's skin,1832

1832

Human skin from one half of male body, probably French, 19th century

Human skin from one half of male body

1801-1900