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  • Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.
  • Nepal; children of the Terai, Rapti Valley, 1986
  • Five figures of exostoses (tumours) on the left femur (thigh-bone) Engraving, 1749.
  • A false ankylosis of the right femur (thigh-bone), seen from the front and back (figs 1-2) and divided for an interior view (fig. 3) Engraving, 1749.
  • An inhabitant of Buruma Island, Uganda, suffering from sleeping sickness. Photograph, 1965, after photograph 1902.
  • The St Bartholomew's Eve Massacre: men, women and children are thrown out of windows or slaughtered with swords and pikes on the streets of Paris in 1572. Engraving after D. Dodd, 1765.
  • A child born with the viscera reversed. Engraving, 1749.
  • The left forearm of Sir George Turner (?), showing symptoms of leprosy. Colour photograph, 19--.
  • The medical directory.
  • "August Blue" by H.S. Tuke. Process print, 192-.
  • "August Blue" by H.S. Tuke. Process print, 192-.
  • Courtyard view of the New hospital and grounds, Bedworth, Warwickshire. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins the younger, 1839.
  • Courtyard view of the New hospital and grounds, Bedworth, Warwickshire. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins the younger, 1839.
  • Soldiers looting and pillaging an inn in the countryside after they refused to pay for their board and lodging. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Soldiers pillaging a village. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A wax model of the brain and head (figs 1-2) by F. La Croix after G. Duverney and a wax model of a section of the brain made by Russel, "chirurgien major des Gardes-du-corp" (fig. 3) Engraving by Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Engraving by E. Mitchell, 1805, after J. Northcote.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • Limewood models of the ear by G. Mastiani 1743. Engraving, 1749.
  • Seven figures illustrating different types of anatomical specimen jars and their lids and methods of preservation used by Réaumur, Le Cat, and others. Engraving, 1749.
  • Children's artwork from the World AIDS Day poster contest, each bearing the words 'time to act'; advertisement for AIDS awareness by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph.
  • Elizabeth Woodcock, recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days, aged 42. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey after himself, 1799.
  • Boer War: thirsty ambulance men queuing up at a beer tent. Process print by Swain after F. Dadd after A. Lindsay Twite.
  • Two male hands shake with the message 'Menschlich Sein' [human] with a list of ways in which AIDS is not transmitted; a message by the Minister for Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph.
  • Hong Kong: a sedan chair at the foot of the Peak. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Hong Kong: a sedan chair at the foot of the Peak. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • A head marked with images representing the phrenological faculties, with a key below. Coloured wood engraving, ca. 1845, after H. Bushea and O.S. Fowler (?).