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  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • A scholar in his study. Engraving by N.J. Voyez after G. Dou.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.
  • An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.
  • An altar bearing a Latin inscription surrounded by an array of human skulls and bones and a cloaked skeleton. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1881.
  • A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.
  • The skulls of a female and male great ape, possibly a chimpanzee. Lithograph.
  • Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball, 1857.
  • Muscles of the eye and larynx and the head shown with a section of skull removed. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.
  • A trephined human skull. Photograph.
  • The Virgin and Christ child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after B. Aloisi, il Galanini.
  • Skulls: twenty-one skulls or parts of skulls arranged in four rows. Photograph.
  • A man holding a skull. Oil painting by an English painter, 1615.
  • Surrounded by lions, Daniel prays for his life. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1794, after P.P. Rubens.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire.
  • An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • The base of the skull and foetal skeletons of different ages. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • The bones of the human skeleton: the skull and the vertebrae. Engraving, 1686.
  • François Hérard. Line engraving by L. Cossin (Coquin) after F. Sicre.
  • Franz Joseph Gall examining the head of a pretty girl, while three gentlemen wait in line. Coloured lithograph by E.H., 1825.
  • A patient consulting his friendly doctor. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
  • The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • Skull, pelvic bones and bones of the arm. Drawing, ca. 1800.
  • A skull and bones on a grave next to a small picture top left of a couple holding hands, a reminder that AIDS can cause death by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • An alchemist of the 'puffer' (uninitiated) type, surrounded by equipment. Engraving by W. French after D. Teniers the younger.