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Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

St George's Hospital, London: the dissecting room with students and lecturers, including Henry Gray. Photograph.

China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

A standing man, full-length back view, with elephantiasis of the left leg and probably scrotum, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

Tientsin, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Charing Cross Hospital: Stanley Boyd in the old operating theatre. Photograph, 1900.

Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: wooden baths on wheels which are filled with turf being mixed with boiling water to make medicinal mud baths. Photograph by Miss Georgievsky, 1935.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Two dwarfs: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton (1841-1919). Photograph, c. 1865.

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Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: wooden baths on wheels which are filled with turf being mixed with boiling water to make medicinal mud baths. Photograph by Miss Georgievsky, 1935.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Two dwarfs: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton (1841-1919). Photograph, c. 1865.