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  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • Chiropodologia, or, A scientific enquiry into the causes of corns, warts, onions, and other painful or offensive cutaneous excrescences : with a detail of the most successful methods of removing all deformities of the nails; and of preserving, or restoring, to the feet and hands their natural soundness and beauty. The whole ... systematically confirmed by the practice and experience of D. Low, chiropodist.
  • Chiropodologia, or, A scientific enquiry into the causes of corns, warts, onions, and other painful or offensive cutaneous excrescences : with a detail of the most successful methods of removing all deformities of the nails; and of preserving, or restoring, to the feet and hands their natural soundness and beauty. The whole ... systematically confirmed by the practice and experience of D. Low, chiropodist.
  • German soldiers suffering from corns contrasted with French soldiers who are shown as free from corns owing to the remedy "Spécifique Victorieux". Colour lithograph, 1870/1900 (?).
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • An entire, new, and original work; being a complete treatise upon spinae pedum containing several important discoveries.... / by Heyman Lion, chiropedist.
  • "No secret remedy": natural solutions to baldness and corns. Lithograph after J. Bahr, 1909.
  • It's time to go veggie : for a free information pack call Viva! now: 01273 777688, www.viva.org.uk / Viva!.
  • It's time to go veggie : for a free information pack call Viva! now: 01273 777688, www.viva.org.uk / Viva!.
  • John Hardman. Stipple engraving.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching.
  • A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching.
  • The best in the world : Tarbol / Fison, Packard & Prentice.
  • The best in the world : Tarbol / Fison, Packard & Prentice.
  • Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.
  • Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.
  • Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
  • Rare case of angioma serpiginosom