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  • Aesculapius and Telesphorus. Etching by N. Dorigny.
  • Aesculapius and Telesphorus. Etching by N. Dorigny.
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Emperor Fuxi
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Zhang Zhongjing
  • Bones of the hand of W. Scott-Moncrieff, showing the effect of a bullet-wound. Radiograph, 1900/1904.
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Huangfu Mi
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Thousand-league water
  • A fracture of the tibia and fibula of Major William Scott-Moncrieff at the battle of Spion Kop, South Africa, April 1900. Radiograph, 1900/1904.
  • Ming herbal (painting): Chinese pulsatilla [root]
  • Ming herbal: (painting): Sweet wormwood
  • Ming herbal (painting): Violet
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Wang Shuhe
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Sun Simiao
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: The Yellow Emperor
  • Ming herbal (painting): Tricosanthes
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Portrait of Hua Tuo
  • Ming herbal (painting): Thorn apple
  • Ming herbal (painting): Horse
  • Basil Valentine contemplates a chemical jar containing homunculi of a man and woman holding hands, and a child emanating from them (alchemical symbol of conception); he is suddenly visited by Sabine Stuart de Chevalier, who reveals that she has the key to his works and crowns him as the king of alchemists. Etching by J. Le Roy, ca. 1781, after Hostoul after Sabine Stuart de Chevalier.
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Chunyu Yi
  • A Dutch quack doctor out of his depth on a spirited horse; implying his medical limitations. Engraving.
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Oenanthe javanica
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Portrait of Ge Hong
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Portrait of Bian Que
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Dragon bone
  • Anatomy of the stomach in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the stomach in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Butter
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Damupi plant
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Cassia blossom