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  • Terrible tractoration!! A poetical petition against galvanising trumpery, and the Perkinistic Institution. In four cantos : most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians / By Christopher Caustic.
  • Report on the formation and general management of Renkioi Hospital, on the Dardanelles, Turkey / addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for War, by E.A. Parkes.
  • Report on the formation and general management of Renkioi Hospital, on the Dardanelles, Turkey / addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for War, by E.A. Parkes.
  • Report on the formation and general management of Renkioi Hospital, on the Dardanelles, Turkey / addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for War, by E.A. Parkes.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an astrologer/alchemist in his study, a mob addressed by rival orators, a sea battle, and a battle in Africa. Wood engraving by T. Nisbet, [c.1887?].
  • A practical treatise on wounds and other chirurgical subjects: to which is prefixed a short historical account of the rise and progress of surgery and anatomy. Addressed to young surgeons / by Benjamin Gooch.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator, and a paddle-steamer blowing up on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Albert Smith standing on the balcony of a chalet in front of the painted backdrop of Mont Blanc at midnight by William Beverley, addressing a large audience. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Albert Smith standing on the balcony of a chalet in front of the painted backdrop of Mont Blanc at midday by William Beverley, addressing a large audience. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Human figures with the faces of animals are crowded in a room and one figure standing by the open door is addressing the cat woman who is holding a glass. Engraving by Toms after E. Heemskerck.
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • Economical observations on military hospitals; and the prevention and cure of diseases incident to an army, in three parts: addressed I. To Ministers of state and legislatures. II. To commanding officers. III. To the medical staff / [James Tilton].
  • Economical observations on military hospitals; and the prevention and cure of diseases incident to an army, in three parts: addressed I. To Ministers of state and legislatures. II. To commanding officers. III. To the medical staff / [James Tilton].
  • Economical observations on military hospitals; and the prevention and cure of diseases incident to an army, in three parts: addressed I. To Ministers of state and legislatures. II. To commanding officers. III. To the medical staff / [James Tilton].
  • Economical observations on military hospitals; and the prevention and cure of diseases incident to an army, in three parts: addressed I. To Ministers of state and legislatures. II. To commanding officers. III. To the medical staff / [James Tilton].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including rural deprivation, a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • The hospital pupil's guide, being oracular communications, addressed to students of the medical profession ... To which is added, an account of the days and hours of attendance of the physicians and surgeons at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals / By Aesculapius [i.e. L.H. Potts?].
  • A green background bearing the white lettering: "Anche L'AIDS può essere un tema da affrontare. La vostra dottoressa." [AIDS may also be an issue to be addressed. Your doctor.]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [UFSP]. Colour lithograph.
  • A brief account of Mr. Valentine Greatrak's, and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed / Written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. Whereunto are annexed the testimonials of several eminent and worthy persons of the chief matters of fact therein related.
  • A woman's dress and a man's pair of trousers hanging over a chair with a message addressed to Valérie: "When you make love with Sophie, think about protection ... to avoid spreading sexually transmitted diseases and HIV"; advertisement for the SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman's pair of jeans and a man's pair of trousers on a chair with a message addressed to Virginie: "When you make love with Pierre, think about protection ... to avoid spreading sexually transmitted diseases and HIV"; advertisement for the SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • A pair of men's boots and a pair of shoes on floor boards with a message addressed to Jérôme: "When you make love with Gilles, think about protection" with a warning to homosexuals that condoms are the best protection against HIV and STD's when practising anal penetration; advertisement for the Ecoute Gaie and SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • On continuous molecular changes, more particularly in their relation to epidemic diseases : being the oration delivered at the 80th anniversary of the Medical Society of London / by John Snow.
  • The Harveian oration, 1880 : delivered June 25th / by John W. Ogle.
  • Human physiognomy explain'd: in the Crounian Lectures on muscular motion. For the year MDCCXLVI. Read before the Royal Society / By James Parsons, M.D. and F.R.S. Being a supplement to the Philosophical Transactions for that year.
  • Moses speaks to his people in the land of the Moab, in the fortieth year of Exodus. Etching by C. Mosley, 1747, after A. Cheron.