Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
30 results
  • Charles Hutton. Line engraving by W. Read.
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • People living a life of fantasy as a result of being excessively influenced by reading novels. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1800.
  • People living a life of fantasy as a result of being excessively influenced by reading novels. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1800.
  • Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving after T. Simon.
  • A diseased penis showing symptoms of diptheritic phagedena. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf and Walter Parsons, a giant. Engraving.
  • Severely diseased, inflamed and deformed genitals of a man. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
  • Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club. Coloured aquatint by John Caspar Ziegler after George Moutard Woodward, published by William Holland, 1798.
  • Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club. Coloured aquatint by John Caspar Ziegler after George Moutard Woodward, published by William Holland, 1798.
  • A diseased penis, showing symptoms of inflammatory or moist gangrene. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1857.
  • A vaccine pustule on the 7th to 8th day. Watercolour, c. 1801.
  • A vaccine pustule on the 8th to 9th day. Watercolour, c. 1801.
  • Diseased penis and scrotum. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
  • A diseased penis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
  • Diseased genitals and groin of a man. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856.
  • Severely diseased scrotum and groin area. Watercolour with chalk, by C. D'Alton, 1870.
  • Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.
  • Men grinding scythes in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1866, after J. Palmer, 1865.
  • Paraphrasis, in nonum librum Rhazae medici Arabis clariss. ad Regem Almansorem, de singularu[m] corporis partium affectuum curatione, / autore Andrea Wesalio Bruxellensi Medicin[a]e candidato.
  • Paraphrasis, in nonum librum Rhazae medici Arabis clariss. ad Regem Almansorem, de singularu[m] corporis partium affectuum curatione, / autore Andrea Wesalio Bruxellensi Medicin[a]e candidato.
  • Paraphrasis, in nonum librum Rhazae medici Arabis clariss. ad Regem Almansorem, de singularu[m] corporis partium affectuum curatione, / autore Andrea Wesalio Bruxellensi Medicin[a]e candidato.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes, or Kings-Evil-swellings : Together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England, continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events; and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / All which are succinctly described by John Browne.
  • Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes, or Kings-Evil-swellings : Together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England, continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events; and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / All which are succinctly described by John Browne.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).