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  • De balneis omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas, tam medicos quam quoscunque ceţerarum artium probatos scriptores qui vel integris libris, vel quoque alio modo hanc materiam tractaverunt: nuper hinc inde accurate conquisita & excerpta, atque in unum tandem hoc volumen redacta ... In quo aquarum ac thermarum omnium, quae in toto fere orbe terrarum sunt, metallorum item, et reliquorum mineralium naturae, vires, atque usus exquistissime explicantur: indicibus quatuor appositis.
  • Various types of furnaces
  • Foetus in Utero, Brussels Manuscript.
  • A bishop wearing spectacles and a monk reading a book. Reproduction of a painting after Pisanello.
  • Woodcut showing cupping of patient's back, 1483
  • Miniature: a physician examining a urine flask.
  • Niccolo Uzano. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589.
  • Hermaphrodite twins from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614
  • Jean Jacques, a physician in traditional costume, 16--. Coloured engraving by L. Massard after himself.
  • Pestblätter des XV. Jahrhunderts / herausgegeben von Paul Heitz ; mit einleitendem text von W.L. Schreiber; 41 Abbildungen, wovon 25 mit der Hand colorirt, in Originalgrösse.
  • Hospital of Saint John, Bruges: Hans Memlinc watches as the officers of the hospital inspect his chasse of Saint Ursula. Lithograph by J. Madou, ca. 1840.
  • Herbals, their origin and evolution : a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670 / by Agnes Arber.
  • Herbals, their origin and evolution : a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670 / by Agnes Arber.
  • The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.
  • Men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving. 18--, after Stradanus, ca.1580.
  • A physician in traditional costume examining urine in a flask, the young female patient is in bed, France 14--. Coloured etching by P. Pauquet after a 1493 manuscript.
  • A physician administering a clyster to an embarrassed woman who hides her self and presents her behind through a window, female friends observe the scene. Photograph after a stone bas-relief in Bruges archaeological museum.
  • A woman enthroned under an oak tree, holding a book, a sword and the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; next to her is a crown; the whole framed by medallions with portraits of artists; representing the rule of the Holy Roman Empire. Lithograph.
  • Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].
  • Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].
  • Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].
  • Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].
  • A male patient is hanging by his feet from an apparatus, a large worm (?) is passing from his mouth into a bowl, assisted by a surgeon and two assistants. Process print after a woodcut, 1497.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Oil painting.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.
  • Exhibition: 'The Story of Pharmacy', 1955