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Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.

A farmer kills mice by piping a canister of of Lepit poison gas into an underground passage; advertising Lepit gas appliances. Colour lithograph by Lünge (?), ca. 192-.

A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Artificial respiration of a man who has been rescued from drowning, electric shock or carbon monoxide poisoning. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 194-.

Specification of Robert Milburn and Henry Jackson : decomposing noxious vapours.

Specification of Owen Bowen and Ambrose Miller : decomposing noxious gases.

Specification of William James Johnson : apparatus for condensing fumes and smoke.

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Specification of Robert Milburn and Henry Jackson : decomposing noxious vapours.

Specification of Owen Bowen and Ambrose Miller : decomposing noxious gases.

A farmer kills mice by piping a canister of of Lepit poison gas into an underground passage; advertising Lepit gas appliances. Colour lithograph by Lünge (?), ca. 192-.

Specification of William James Johnson : apparatus for condensing fumes and smoke.