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  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.
  • One man sits soundly sleeping as his drunken companion offers him another drink. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
  • A surgeon dressing the stump of a patient's recently amputated leg. Engraving, 1738.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
  • Hospital Sunday: at the entrance to a theatre, the audience are required to surrender their wigs, lipstick, etc. Drawing by Edmund J. Sullivan, 1932.
  • In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; representing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.
  • A phrenologist examining a man's characterful head. Lithograph.
  • A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
  • A bald-headed Charles James Fox in a wig shop (a dog is attacking his shoe) being shown a wig by the perruquier; to the right Edmund Burke is eavesdropping behind a door. Etching by Wetherell, 1793.
  • Franz Joseph Gall examines the head of Louis-Philippe and finds bumps which indicate various virtuous qualities. Wood engraving, 1832.
  • An old man with his arms around a young woman. Stipple engraving after Thomas Rowlandson.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • Amputations of arm and leg with diagrams to illustrate how to perform the operations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • A couple assemble their false body parts: false teeth, a glass eye and wigs. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1825.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • 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 couple assemble their false body parts: false teeth, a glass eye and wigs. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1825.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.