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  • Silk binding tape from Burmese-Pali Manuscript
  • Taps and dies for cutting screw threads, and a water-tight window: cross-sections, and details. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.
  • Obstetrics, Lazarovitch's hook or Porte Lac with tape
  • A doctor informs his patient's mother-in-law that he may need to resort to tapping - she misunderstands him as meaning tapping alcohol. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.
  • Toddy tappers at work: two men and a woman by a palm tree. Gouache drawing, 18--.
  • A doctor performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose abdomen is tapped ejecting a fountain into a bucket. Coloured etching by Ull.
  • An older woman is holding a tape measure to a young woman's waist as she stands in front of a mirror. Engraving by C. Rolls after J. Inskipp.
  • William Taylor, as a tailor holding a pair of scissors in one hand, a tape measure across his arm and a book of poetry in the other hand, riding on the back of a goose. Coloured etching, 1811.
  • Two tape measures with the rule pulled out and back to create the effect of 'damning eyes'; a warning about discrimination against workmates with AIDS by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • Acer japonicum Thunb. Sapindaceae. Japanese maple. Small tree. Distribution: Japan, North Korea. Can be tapped in early spring for its sugar-rich sap although it is not as abundant as in Acer saccharum. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Cucurbita pepo L., Cucurbitaceae. Distribution: Mexico (extinct) This species is one of the oldest cultivated plants, first grown 11,000 years ago in Mexico, but extinct in the wild. Varieties are selectively bred for their taste, colour and shape. The seeds, ground to a powder are used to kill intestinal tape-worms (Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). This is a 200-year-old cultivar whose seed has been conserved by the Amish of Pennsylvania, USA. The rind is very thick, but the taste is delicious. This is a 200-year-old cultivar whose seed has been conserved by the Amish of Pennsylvania, USA. The rind is very thick, but the taste is delicious. Seeds approved for use in making herbal medicines in the UK (Herbal Medicine legislation 2013) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Medical equipment
  • Rampion (Campanula rapunculus L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard.
  • 'Serum straight from the horse'., inoculation caricature
  • Armoracia rusticana (Horseradish)
  • Rescue of people from damaged buildings in civil defence. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.
  • Afecciónes catarrhales, Pulmomail : Afecciónes nasales, Naso-Vac / Laboratorios Maillot, S.A.
  • Afecciónes catarrhales, Pulmomail : Afecciónes nasales, Naso-Vac / Laboratorios Maillot, S.A.
  • Nervasen distonias neuro-vegetativas : Afecciónes nasales, Naso-Vac / Laboratorios Maillot, S.A.
  • Nervasen distonias neuro-vegetativas : Afecciónes nasales, Naso-Vac / Laboratorios Maillot, S.A.
  • Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.
  • An enlarged view of the HIV virus with a list of ten points about how the virus is transmitted. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Food warmer, Delftware, English, 18th century
  • Saint Genevieve. Engraving by E. Fessard, 1757, after C.J. Natoire.
  • Chinese Qigong practice, from early C20 illustrated MS
  • Three miserable men suffering from gout, toothache and flu sitting around a table. Coloured lithograph.
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Add an egg and slim / [British Egg Information Service].
  • Add an egg and slim / [British Egg Information Service].
  • Add an egg and slim / [British Egg Information Service].