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  • The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.
  • Two heads demonstrating bandaging techniques. Etching by J. Bell.
  • A woman treating a man's head-wound. Oil painting after J. Nixon.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's head: a group of locals watch with interest. Etching by J.B. de Wael II.
  • A diagram of a head illustrating a jaw and chin brace. Stipple print by J. Bell.
  • Four diagrams illustrating heads with severe wounds, demonstrating how to stitch the skin back together properly. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A man with a bandaged head. Pen and ink drawing.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • A sailor setting the broken leg of another sailor after an accident on deck. Halftone after F. Brangwyn, 1895.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • Antoine, Baron Dubois, in Alexandria. Lithograph by Watier, 1823, after L. Gudin, 1822.
  • A surgeon operating on a man's head. Engraving by H. Bary, 1658, after F. Verwilt.