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  • A pyrometer: shown in and out of its box. Engraving, mid eighteenth century.
  • Lectures on the nature and treatment of fever / by D.J. Corrigan.
  • Raynaud's Phenomenon.
  • A domestic weather-station: combined thermometer, hygrometer, and barometer. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A doctor places a thermometer in a female patient's mouth, an emaciated man and a skin rash representing a message about symptoms that suggest you have AIDS; one of a series of 4 AIDS education posters by the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in Thailand. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The "Eclipse" radiant heat hand lamp / Stanley Cox Ltd.
  • The "Eclipse" radiant heat hand lamp / Stanley Cox Ltd.
  • Cooper's Sinapine Tissue (mustard leaflets).
  • Cooper's Sinapine Tissue (mustard leaflets).
  • Cooper's Sinapine Tissue (mustard leaflets).
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A doctor (Joseph Chelius) takes the pulse of a young woman who warms to his presence. Coloured etching, ca. 1831.
  • Peter denies knowledge of Christ. Engraving by A. Pauwels after G. Seghers.
  • Chemistry: vertical section of a furnace used in evaporation. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
  • Chemistry: vertical section of a furnace used in evaporation. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • Unveiling of the statue of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, attended by a large crowd, Glasgow, 8th October 1913; Glasgow University in the background. Photograph, 1913.
  • The meteorological phenomena, during the second outbreak, from May 20th to November 10th, 1849 : with the deaths from cholera in each week, and those (male and female) from all causes (daily).
  • Bathsheba brings the young maid Abishag to the aging King David for body heat. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1779, after G. Farington after A. van der Werff, 1696.
  • Good storage practices for anti-tuberculosis supplies in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, June 2008.
  • Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: a woman inspecting a microscope in a tank. Photograph, c. 1933.
  • Christ stands before the high priest; Peter denies knowledge of Christ. Line engraving by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck.
  • Birth of the Virgin by Holbein
  • Cat health check
  • Lying-in room, by Master of the North Tirol, 15thC
  • Birth of the Virgin by Zeitblom
  • Clocks: two composite pendulums, and diagrams of their motions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.