The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.

A skeleton of a new born child with deformed hips who died of asphyxia in birth. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.

A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.

Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.

Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.

A dissertation on suspended respiration, from drowning, hanging, and suffocation: : in which is recommended a different mode of treatment to any hitherto pointed out. / By Edward Coleman, surgeon.

El mejor amigo del pueblo : ó coleccion de consejos de los hombres mas sábios para curar á los enfermos y socorrer á los envenenados.

Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

Saint Blaise. Coloured engraving.

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Asphyxia. Pt. 2.

Dissertatio medico physiologica inauguralis de asphyxia ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Gloster, Hibernus.

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The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

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Asphyxia. Pt. 2.

Dissertatio medico physiologica inauguralis de asphyxia ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Gloster, Hibernus.

The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

A skeleton of a new born child with deformed hips who died of asphyxia in birth. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.

Resuscitation of the newborn infant and related emergency procedures : principles and practice / edited by Harold Abramson.

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Asphyxia. Pt. 2.

Dissertatio medico physiologica inauguralis de asphyxia ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Gloster, Hibernus.

The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

A skeleton of a new born child with deformed hips who died of asphyxia in birth. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.

Resuscitation of the newborn infant and related emergency procedures : principles and practice / edited by Harold Abramson.

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