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  • Six scenes narrating the fuss caused by a man's progression from minor cold to supposed major illness and then sudden recovery. Etching by J. Lisle after himself.
  • A naked woman carrying a water pitcher on her shoulder, bending to place it on the ground then beginning to straighten up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Portrait of Archbishop W. Laud, 1573-1644, from the picture by Vandyke, formerly in the hands of Sir Robert Walpole and then in the Hermitage Gallery, S. Petersburg.
  • Calcutta, India: King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales), watching entertainment given in their honour at the pandal (function hall). Photograph, 1906.
  • Two men in posing pouches and boxing gloves stand, facing one another, arms raised: one hits the other's left shoulder then backs away. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.
  • A woman consulting an official weeps and then faints, prompting the official to take her privately into his back office. Line process print by SGAP after Albert Guillaume, 1893.
  • A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A Tinguian making an offering to the guardian stones. The stones, in which the guardian spirits are supposed to live, are, before certain ceremonies, tied up with bark-like bands and rubbed with oil. Then the blood for a pig is mixed with rice which is scattered before them.
  • People sitting on stools at a bar including a figure in full metal armour with the reassuring message 'Turn visors up. Do not be afraid of getting AIDS at a bar. Then just relax'; an advertisement for the AIDS-sekretariatet, Sundhedsstyrelsen. Colour lithograph by Freddy Pedersen/Laursen, ca. 1995.
  • St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1896. A group in a laboratory. Seated front-left Earnest Shaw, then T.S.V. Strangeways; in white coat standing A.A. Kanthack, J.W.W. Stephens.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: 8.30 am, nurses arrive for work in the rain, then change into their uniforms. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • The Maidan park, Calcutta, India: traditional Sikkim Devil dancers performing for King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales) on their visit in 1906. Photograph, 1906.
  • A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in each hand, lifts them above his head then lowers them to his waist. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in each hand, lifts them above his head then lowers them to the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman holds a hat in front of her at arms length with both hands, drops it, kicks it then turns to look down at it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman stepping on to and off a trestle, lowering a jug over to the other side of it then raising the jug above her head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in his right hand, lifts it above his head then lowers it to his shoulder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman bends to pick up a ball from the ground with her right hand, raises it to shoulder height, throws it, then lowers her arm. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • No time for the clinic? : Do you live in the borough of Greenwich? Are you a gay or bisexual man? Then get tested in the privacy of your own home : free rapid testing in your home with results in 20 minutes : Chlamydia and gonorrhoea tests included / The Metro Centre.
  • No time for the clinic? : Do you live in the borough of Greenwich? Are you a gay or bisexual man? Then get tested in the privacy of your own home : free rapid testing in your home with results in 20 minutes : Chlamydia and gonorrhoea tests included / The Metro Centre.
  • A naked man stands, holding a cricket bat. He swings it back to above his right shoulder, then in front of him to up above his left shoulder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two naked men face one another and grapple: one lifts the other, swinging him round his body on to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Do you love your dog? : if so, purchase Egleton's "Climax" muzzle : price from 1/6 including straps : your dog can then eat, drink, and bark, but CANNOT BITE... / F.A. Egleton.
  • Urbani Hierni Defensionis Paracelsicae prodromus. Eller, kort föremäle af then uthförligare förswars skrift för den stora philosophus Theutonicus Theophrastus Paracelsus, som nyligen medelst en härd beskyllning, uthan nägon orsak ar worden antastad / [Urban Hjärne].
  • Testing : if you and your boyfriend are thinkling about fucking without condoms, then the only way to protect each other from HIV is to know that neither of you have it ... / GMFA.
  • Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients prepare for their illness to be driven into the chickens they are holding, who will then be sacrificed to the god Legba. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.
  • If you're concerned about your health, the well-being of the planet and the avoidance of animal suffering, then take a closer look at the vegan diet is for you [sic]... / The Vegan Society.
  • Two black men are given a lunch of roast beef by a white farmer, then they attempt to rob him, but he catches them, beats them, and sends them on their way. Coloured wood engravings.