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  • A diabetic man after treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.
  • A diabetic man, emaciated, before treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.
  • A soldier eyes a prostitute; the same soldier later suffers from syphilis or another sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Blas, 1936/1939.
  • Annular growth of gullet; left, before radium; right, after radium. Ink drawing, ca. 1930.
  • Charles Bradlaugh being arrested by the police in 1881 for refusing to take the oath as a Member of Parliament, and subsequently rejoicing at the passage of his Oaths Bill in 1888. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1888.
  • Copper-deficient & copper-replete fleeces
  • Copper-deficient & copper-replete staples
  • Copper-deficient & copper-replete: tibias
  • Copper-deficient & copper-replete tibias
  • Two arrangements of water supply.
  • Red and yellow hearts representing AIDS and love. Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • Red and yellow hearts representing AIDS and love. Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • A patient of Léon Desguin, before operation. Photograph.
  • Dental services offered by Paul Jullion, surgeon dentist. Letterpress with woodcuts, ca. 1752.
  • A patient of Léon Desguin, before operation. Photograph.
  • Schuchert's Outlines of Historical Geology
  • Henry S. Tanner before the start of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by Herr & Co., 1880.
  • Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
  • Mrs Bennett, afflicted with a skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
  • Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
  • A patient of Léon Desguin, after operation. Photograph.
  • Mrs Bennett, afflicted with a skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
  • Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
  • Henry S. Tanner after 14 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.
  • Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
  • A young woman of Vienna who died of cholera, depicted when healthy and four hours before death. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • Henry S. Tanner at the end of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by G.E. Hogg, 1880.
  • Henry S. Tanner after 21 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.
  • A patient of Léon Desguin, after operation. Photograph.
  • Leprosy: a patient uncured and a patient cured, the latter pointing to an allegory of early treatment. Colour lithograph.