Plate XIII: Encysted tumour of the brain, from Robert Hooper's Morbid Anatomy of the Human Brain (1828). 14 more plates from the book, and many other wonderful vintage illustrations, can be viewed at Images from the Past.
(Via where else but the excellent - and now 1-year-old - Morbid Anatomy?)
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