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  • The lower half of a woman (seen from the waist down with her hand lifting up her garment) with her legs apart to show severely diseased genitals and sores all over the exposed parts of her body. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1858.
  • Head of a man with a severe disease affecting his face and scalp. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1872.
  • Photograph London School of Tropical Medicine, 74th Session
  • World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-.
  • World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-.
  • The diseased tissue around the anus and genitals of a woman, as seen from behind. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1857.
  • Female genitalia held open by two fingers to show an area of diseased tissue. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton.
  • Head of a woman with a disease affecting her face. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton.
  • Seventeen professors at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Colour process print after C.E. Miksch, 1923.
  • The open mouth of a man suffering from diseased tissue on the soft palate and uvula. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1866.
  • The British Museum: the entrance facade as built. Engraving by H. Adlard after F. Mackenzie.
  • Baker's Purified Driffield Oils : for preventing gangrene, or mortification after lambing or calving and for wounds in horses, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs, such as tumours, hard swellings, sprains, strains, broken knees, sore shoulders, saddle crushes, cracked heels, kicks, cuts, bruises, sore teats, fly galls and sore heads in sheep, and external inflammation of all kinds / Baker & Son (Geo. F. Bevis).
  • Sir Henry Thompson. Photograph (or Woodburytype?) after H.R. Barraud.
  • The lower half of a woman with legs apart to show severely diseased genital tissue. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1859.
  • Head of a woman with rosy cheeks. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1858.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Female genitalia held open by two fingers to show an area of diseased tissue. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1866.
  • A woman sitting on the ground with crossed legs, her head covered in her lap; representing Silence. Etching by F. Legat, 1801, after J.H. Füssli, 1800.
  • Female genitalia showing severely diseased tissue; and details of sores on the body. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard, a busy scene in the street. Coloured engraving by N. Parr after L. P. Boitard, 1753.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard, a busy scene in the street. Coloured engraving by N. Parr after L. P. Boitard, 1753.
  • The Belgrave Hospital for Children, Kennington Park Road: the street elevation from the west, with a plan inset below. Photolithograph by Sprague after C. Holden, 1903.
  • Head of a man seen in profile with a severe disease affecting his nose; and a detail of the nose as seen from the other side. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1860.
  • Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, with a lamb. Colour etching and aquatint by F. Rosaspina after F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Head of a man with a severe disease affecting his face. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 11th Session.
  • Head of a man with a severe disease affecting his face, and particularly his nose; and a detail of an ulcer on his face. Watercolour drawing by Christopher D' Alton, 1862.
  • Female genitalia showing severely diseased tissue spreading on to the right inside thigh. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1865.
  • Back and buttocks of a woman suffering from a disease affecting the skin. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1850.
  • An open wound on the forehead of a man, with a detail below showing a diseased penis (?) Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1861(?).