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  • A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
  • Bones of the skull: eight figures. Line engraving by A. Bell, 1798, after J.-J. Sue.
  • A trephined human skull from New Britain. Photograph, 1940.
  • Bones of the skull: eight figures. Line engraving by A. Bell, 1798, after J.-J. Sue.
  • A human skull with scenes representing mental activities. Gouache painting by R. Ennis, 1991.
  • Cross-section of skull in profile view, showing the intercranial nerves and vessels. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.
  • Human skulls: six figures. Etching, 18--?.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A phrenologist examines two skulls from his collection. Reproduction of an etching by H. Daumier.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.
  • Human skull, seen from below. Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
  • Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • Two animal skulls, shown from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball (?) 1857.
  • Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects. Oil painting, 1766.
  • A skull. Oil painting.
  • Human skull, with details showing the teeth: above, a tonal etching of the skull, below, an outline diagram. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
  • Animal skull and jaw-bones: four figures. Lithograph by R. Ball (?), 1857.
  • Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball (?), 1857.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • A skeleton hand holds a playing card bearing skull and bones, the number '12' and 'La pelona'; representing the idea that AIDS means gambling with your life, an advertisement by Conasida. Colour lithograph by Carlos Gayou, ca. 1996.
  • Skull and jaw bones, with teeth: ten figures. Line engraving, 1771.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • Skulls: above, diagrams demonstrating the proportions of the human skull; below, four views of the skull. Line engraving after G. de Lairesse.
  • Skulls of twenty-one animals. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.