Anatomy, Comparative, Human dissection, Memento mori, Science museums, Medical tools & equipment, Surgical instruments, Dead persons, Skeletons, and Spectators
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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh
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Uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus, opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade
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Barclay, John, 1758-1826, Gregory, James, 1753-1821, Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844, Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859, Jamieson, Robert, 1774-1854, Johnson, Robert, 1765-, Barclay, John, 1758-1826., Gregory, James, 1753-1821., Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844., Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859., and University of Edinburgh.