Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.

William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.

Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.

Stories of the Royal Humane Society / by Frank Mundell.

Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.

Benjamin Howard assisted by Sir E. Sieveking demonstrating artificial respiration on a supine figure at the Royal Humane Society. Wood engraving by T. Robinson, 1878, after C. Robinson.

First aid memory chart : designed for A.R.P. first aid workers & learners / by Harold E. Palmer, D. Litt. & W. Rougier Chapman, Surgeon Lieut. Commander R.N.V.R. ; approved by the St. John Ambulance Association.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.

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Bible. N.T. Luke 7.11-15. The dead son is being taken outside the city gates on a bier when Christ intervenes

1 print : line engraving and etching ; image 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Chart published by order of the government giving instructions about first aid in cases of drowning, suffocation, stillborn infants, being bitten by rabid animals and poisoning.

Avis sur les moyens pratiques avec succes pour secourir : 1. les personnes noyés; 2. celles qui ont été suffoqués par des vapeurs méphitiques, telles que celles du charbon, du vin, des mines, &c.; 3. les enfans qui paroissent morts en naissant, & qu'il est facile d'appeler à la vie; 4. les personnes qui ont été mordues par des animaux enragés; 5. celles qui ont été empoisonnés ... / extrait des mémoires de M. Portal, médecin consultant de Monsieur de l'Académie royale des Sciences.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 9.23-25; Mark 5.38-42; Luke 8.49-56

1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 18.7 x 14.3 cm

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Bulletin de la Société française de sauvetage : assemblée générale du 7 Décembre 1884.

Cardiac arrest and resuscitation / Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr.

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Bulletin de la Société française de sauvetage : assemblée générale du 7 Décembre 1884.

Cardiac arrest and resuscitation / Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr.

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