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  • An ape of the genus cercocebus fuliginosus kneeling on the ground defecating. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Women doing their washing in a river in which two men urinate and defecate: preventing typhoid in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A large woman and a small dog relieving themselves in a bush; a woman standing to the left attempts to assist by shielding the woman with a large fan. Coloured etching by R. Hixon, 1800, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Three women having a discussion in a latrine. Coloured etching, 1801.
  • Scoop the poop! : clear up after your dog / Department of the Environment, Welsh Office.
  • Scoop the poop! : clear up after your dog / Department of the Environment, Welsh Office.
  • Ten golden rules of health : No.3 explained : ...the importance of a clean intestine / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart.
  • Poop scoop campaign / Lewisham Directorate of Environmental Services ; Contracts Management Group.
  • Poop scoop campaign / Lewisham Directorate of Environmental Services ; Contracts Management Group.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • A stereotypical satire of the Scottish. Coloured etching by W.E., 1811.
  • Secrets of good health. XII, The white man's burden : effectual exercises / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart., C.B.
  • Secrets of good health. XII, The white man's burden : effectual exercises / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart., C.B.
  • Lord North and Fox excreting into a pan bearing the Royal Arms, a little devil is mixing the stench between them; implying the appalling effects of the coalition government. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • Paediatric finger diagnosis chart: 'Water Graph' vein pattern
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Chunyu Yi
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Cluster mallow
  • Six different hunting dogs and their puppies resting in a forest clearing in a mountainous landscape. Etching with engraving.
  • A cock, representing Theodorus de Cock (Theodorus de Kock). Engraving attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.