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  • A balsam plant (Impatiens species): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A treatise on the formation, constituents, and extraction of the urinary calculus. Being the essay for which the Jacksonian prize for the year 1833 was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / by John Green Crosse.
  • John Gay. Photograph by Schnadhorst.
  • The execution of a Christian prisoner in Algeria by suspending him from a wooden frame by hooks penetrating his right arm and leg. Etching with engraving.
  • The tallest man in the world : Herr Winkelmeier, the celebrated Austrian giant, exclusively engaged at the London Pavilion.
  • De morbis contagiosis libri septem / [Julien Le Paulmier].
  • Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.
  • Three sections of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • Francesco Maurolico. Line engraving by M. Bovis after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Michael Roetenbeck. Line engraving.
  • Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression / By Charles Bell.
  • The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particularly the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To the whole, is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of / By Mark Catesby ... Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride, & les Isles Bahama: contenant les desseins des oiseaux, animaux, poissons, serpents, insectes, & plantes. Et en particulier, des arbres des forets, arbrisseaux, & autres plantes, qui n'ont point été decrits, jusques à present par les auteurs, ou peu exactement dessinés. Avec leur descriptions en françois & en anglois. A quoi on a adjouté, des observations sur l'air, le sol, & les eaux, avec des remarques sur l'agriculture, les grains, les legumes, les racines, &c. Le tout est precedé d'une carte nouvelle & exacte des païs dont il s'agist.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata of Christ from the seraph. Engraving by R. Sadeler.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the sun, and various effects of sunlight. Coloured engraving.
  • An Indian woman holding a bird while another looks on. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A collection of engravings designed to facilitate the study of midwifery, explained and illustrated / [James Hamilton].
  • Bones of the cheek: side view of the temporal, schenoid and malar bones. Pencil and watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, 1852.
  • Vasco da Gama. Stipple engraving by C. Turner, 1800.
  • Theory of diseases treated with da qinglong tang, Chinese
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • A man. Oil painting.
  • People are dancing to the music of the bagpipes and eating and drinking in the streets of the village. Engraving by E. Thelot after David Teniers.
  • Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
  • Dissection of the area surrounding the anus and genitalia of a man, with the muscles and blood vessels indicated. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1865.
  • Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Engraving showing the diseased part of a skull