[Images of normal life; physiological illustrations and medical 'translation' in the Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde in the 19th and early 20th century].

The Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, the leading Dutch medical journal, could easily be called the most important medium for dialogue between Dutch physiologists and clinicians in the second half of the nineteenth century. The journal's contents demonstrate the large-scale process, by which through applying a range of instruments, numerous bodily functions were 'translated' into a variety of graphic forms, both for clinical and research usages.