Images / Pictures / Atlases

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Pictures of skin conditions

The following sites have many pictures of skin conditions, mainly used by doctors, but of interest to the general public.

• DermIS.net - A cooperation between the Dept. of Clinical Social Medicine (Univ. of Heidelberg) and the Dept. of Dermatology (Univ. of Erlangen) Germany. Huge collection of photos.
• The TRIP database - enables you to search for medical images from various sites.
• Dermnet The dermatologists image resource (US site). Includes a large collection of photos of skin disorders.
• DermNet NZ New Zealand site with a large collection of pictures of skin conditions.
• Dermatology Atlas - from Loyola University, Chicago, US
• Catalog of Clinical Images (skin) - University of California, San Diego, US
• Dermatology Image Atlas - Johns Hopkins University, US

Other / general clinical images

Useful sites include:

• The TRIP database - enables you to search for medical images from various sites.
• Catalog of Clinical Images - University of California, San Diego, US
• MedPix(tm) - a Medical Image Database from Uniformed Services University, US

Anatomy / body parts

This site - Patient UK - has about 100 simple line drawings of anatomy and body parts. Scroll down to the bottom of our leaflets page to browse the diagrams. If you are looking for more detailed anatomy illustrations then the following are useful sites:

• Anatomy Atlases - US site with plenty of detail.
• Gray's Anatomy - The ultimate and detailed anatomy textbook
• Human Anatomy Online - Less detailed than Gray's anatomy, but more user friendly for non-medical people.