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and also developed a set of eight anatomical charts for use in an anatomy laboratory or classroom of a medical school. The charts illustrate bones, ligaments, muscles, heart and arteries, veins and lungs, organs of digestion, nervous system, and organs of sense and voice.
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In later life he lived at 6 Eton Terrace overlooking
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from 1898 to 1904, and in 1900 was president of the
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Office bearers of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
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844:Sir William Turner: A Chapter in Medical History
221:Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
942:Recipients of the Pour le MĂ©rite (civil class)
533:"The Journal of Anatomy: origin and evolution"
107:The grave of Sir William Turner, Dean Cemetery
992:Members of the American Philosophical Society
962:Presidents of the British Science Association
824:(Memorial ed.). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink
453:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006.
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211:Turner held the position of president of the
175:. In 1871 Turner was elected a member of the
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289:in 1901. He received an honorary doctorate (
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