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  • Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Coloured stipple engraving by B. Roger after H. Rath.
  • Petrus Camper. Stipple engraving by B. Roger, 1803, after R. Vinkeles.
  • François Doublet. Stipple engraving by B. Roger, 1809, after C. N. Cochin, junior, 1787.
  • Petrus Camper. Stipple engraving by B. Roger, 1803, after R. Vinkeles.
  • A Chinese monk having been found with a woman has his neck pierced with a chain and is whipped by another monk when he touches his neck. Engraving attributed to B. Picart.
  • An unhappy young child hung on a wall by his nurse, who has gone dancing. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1843.
  • Saint Jerome. Line engraving by M. Dossier after A. Dieu.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by M. Dossier after A. Dieu.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by M. Dossier after A. Dieu.
  • Catherine Bigot, deaf-mute woman lying on the tomb of F. de Paris being miraculously cured. Engraving.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • A public hanging in Trebizond. Wood engraving by Ch. Barbant after Th. Deyrolle.
  • The marriage of Perseus and Andromeda by Cepheus. Etching by Battista Angolo del Moro after Primaticcio.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • Three Netherlandish travellers with torches inside the Great Pyramid. Etching after C. De Bruyn, 1700.
  • Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan. Line engraving by E. Ficquet, 1748, after L. Tocquet.
  • The Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth. Engraving on silk by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • A Flemish surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by J. Daullé after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A village barber-surgeon standing in front of his shop, holding a razor and a lancet; in the distance are the village stocks. Coloured etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Indian Ocean: a waterfall in the Rivière des Roches, seen from the lowest of three water levels. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after J.J. Patu de Rosemont.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata of Christ from the seraph. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1586.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A man with glass in hand stands by a window. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1756, after A. van Ostade.
  • The surgeon Capiomont stitching the ear of general Oudinot at the battle of Wagram, 1809. Watercolour by F. Pils.
  • The personification of the Republic of Holland is surrounded by representations of religion, liberty, peace, navigation, commerce, fortune and abundance, as well as Asia, Africa and America; representing the glory of the Republic of Holland. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • A French nobleman handing his son a sword as the latter prepares to go and fight for the Americans in the American War of Independence. Line engraving by J.J. Avril after P.A. Wille, 1788.
  • An innkeeper adds water to his wine as his customer, a baker, kisses the landlady. Engraving by J. Lagniet, ca. 1663.