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  • The bones in the joint of an elbow, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph after Sir Arthur Schuster, 1896.
  • A camp of wigwams, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Yokohama, Japan: the British Consulate buildings and grounds. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Hong Kong: Freemasons' Hall in Zetland Street. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Two hands held on either side of a dark mark on a forearm, to demonstrate the manual treatment of ulcers. Photograph.
  • A segregation camp, Karachi: aerial view. Photograph, 1897.
  • Female, head and shoulders, face tilted toward left shoulder. Photograph by L. Haase, after H.W. Berend, 1863.
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: male patients (criminal insane?) in bed in ward, prison bars in foreground guarded by policeman. Photograph.
  • Head and shoulders of a young man with protruding ears. Photograph by Davis and Sons.
  • Down's syndrome in two young men and a young woman. Three photographs.
  • Two men sitting in a temple carved out of a rock face in Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • A plague house in Bombay: the wall has been marked with circles. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • A girl with Down's syndrome, sitting in front of an ornate wooden screen, holding a small posy of flowers. Photograph by Chas Marshall.
  • Hong Kong: Botanical Gardens and Albany, looking south from Government House. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Indian men sitting on steps outside a domed building in Bombay during an outbreak of plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • A woman, head and shoulders, viewed from the front. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1863.
  • An affluent family forced to leave their home due to plague in their neighbourhood sitting outside temporary huts in a camp: Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • Groups of men on a street spraying jets of water into plague infected houses, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • Famine in India: emaciated young men wearing loin cloths and a woman wearing a sari. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • A group of plague staff, part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A girl, sitting on a stone bench with a fan folded at her side. Photograph by A. Reston.
  • Famine in Mysore, India: six emaciated men wearing loin cloths, five sitting and one lying on a mat. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • A young man, showing signs of mental deficiency, leaning awkwardly against the back of a chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A very young girl, showing signs of mental deficiency, seated with her hands clasped upon her lap. Photograph by W. Moscrop.
  • Two boys, one sitting and one standing: the former appears physically deformed. Photograph, 1899.
  • Singapore: a large bungalow with people having drinks in the garden around a large traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • A plague house in Bombay: the wall has been marked with circles. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • Hong Kong: Public Gardens and harbour viewed from the Albany. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • The pharmacy of J. Cassel, founded in 1683 at 4 Rue de la Barre, Dieppe: detail of the timpanum above the entrance. Photograph.
  • Highlands of Brazil Sanatorium, São Paulo: exterior. Photograph.