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Death, Apparent

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  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.
  • Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.
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Catalogue

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    The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Reference: 21253i
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    Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

    | Reference: 23716i
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    Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23887i
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    The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof.

    Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. | Date: 1788
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    Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21251i
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