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  • A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
  • An ill woman collapsing, a maid rushes to her aid while her physician is examining a urine specimen. Lithograph by N. Strixner, 1819, after F. van Mieris, 1667.
  • A mother wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages, with a child, the baby's nurse, and two other servants. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1633.
  • A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Eating out. No. 6, The luncheon of the boating party.
  • No. 1 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : Anemonies (1954) : contemporary treatment.
  • No. 1 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : The Yellow Vase (1956) : contemporary treatment.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Folded cortex, decalcomania
  • Architecture: a hallway and a staircase in the Elizabethan style. Engraving after Arrowsmith.
  • An old Napoleonic soldier sits dreaming in his armchair with pipe in hand, below a poem entitled "À ma pipe". Engraving after N.-T. Charlet.
  • A generous physician refusing payment from a sick patient's wife. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • No. 1 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : Red Anemones (1955) : contemporary treatment.
  • Mr. Lambkin ill with his feet in warm water being nursed by Mrs. Slops. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.
  • An old soldier with a wooden leg telling a family about his experiences. Etching by W. Matthews after S. Jennen.
  • A man sits at a table preparing to smoke his pipe, behind him hangs a portrait. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade.
  • Line figures apearing to run, some with green and others with red circular heads; a painting by Volker of the Berlin-based art group, Malgruppe Café Positiv; with the message that AIDS will not divide us; an advertisement by Mann-O-Meter, the information and telephone service for gay men. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman giving birth in an elaborate room aided by a midwife and a nun and surrounded by her husband and family. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a man's tooth while his friend is watching and enjoying a glass of champagne. Coloured etching.
  • A surgeon lancing a grimacing man's shoulder. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1703, after D. Teniers, the younger, 1678.
  • An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • A richly decorated interior, in which the elderly painter Titian shows a painting to a seated client. Engraving by J. Le Keux, 1846, after L. Price.
  • No. 1 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : Yellow Rose (1954) : contemporary treatment.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Colour photolithograph after F. van Mieris, the elder.