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  • Two men wrestling. Photograpic postcard, 193-.
  • A doctor examines a military recruit suffering from a speech disorder. Wood engraving by F. Pegram, 1916.
  • A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • Three men smoking and drinking in a tavern: one man, when drunk, tends to abuse Irish people; the second, who is Irish, tends to attack anyone abusing Irish people; and the third man looks on. Coloured lithograph.
  • Three men smoking and drinking in a tavern: one man, when drunk, tends to abuse Irish people; the second, who is Irish, tends to attack anyone abusing Irish people; and the third man looks on. Coloured lithograph.
  • Sharing needles and AIDS by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe
  • Saint Genevieve. Engraving by E. Fessard, 1757, after C.J. Natoire.
  • The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
  • Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving by E. Fessard, 1756, after C. Natoire.
  • Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: prisoners in uniform are marching towards the penitentiary after hard labour outside, supervised by armed guards. Wood engraving after G.U. Régamey.
  • A man in a canteen queue, coughing or sneezing over food to the disapproval of those around him. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A prospect of the city of Rome from Janiculum. Etching by G. Vasi and G. Piranesi, 1765.
  • A prospect of the city of Rome from Janiculum. Etching by G. Vasi and G. Piranesi, 1765.
  • A prospect of the city of Rome from Janiculum. Etching by G. Vasi and G. Piranesi, 1765.
  • "Maistre Robert", a blind healer healing by laying-on of hands. Oil painting.
  • Photograph London School of Tropical Medicine, 74th Session
  • High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire: a corridor. Pencil drawing by Paul Digby, 2003-2004.
  • High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire: a corridor. Pencil drawing by Paul Digby, 2003-2004.
  • A shield to protect against syphilis represented as a skull. Lithograph, 1924/1930.
  • Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the waiting room. Process print, 1929.
  • A jester with a small guitar slung over his shoulder offers cherries to a bird on his hand as another bird takes the fruit from the plate on the floor, and a chained monkey looks on. Engraving by E. Mohn after A. Lambron.
  • A man reading a newspaper supplied in a coffee house and reading room turns to ask a seated man if he has read the leader article, to whch he receives the reply that he has not, owing to the failings of newspapers. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, Spain: the town and its surrounding places, its armaments factory, inscribed tabernacles describing them, and dedications to King Ferdinand VI and the Conde de Aranda. Engraving by J.F. Palomino after J. Zameza after F.J. de Lamot, 1756.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.