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  • Above, an Indian elephant; below, an African elephant cow suckled by its young. Coloured etching by S. Milne after Captain T. Brown and N. Maréchal.
  • Galvanism: 25 figures illustrating experiments and instruments, including the galvanism of a frog's legs and a cow's head, as discovered by Luigi Galvani. Engraving, 1790/1820?.
  • Edward Jenner, dressed in antique robes, vaccinates a baby on its mother's lap, shaded by a tree; around, a cow, cowherd and nurse. Sepia wash drawing, 1820.
  • A young woman sits on a mountain side with a cow and a basket on the ground, spinnning yarn. Engraving by P. Laurent after Karel du Jardin.
  • Drink before calving : to be mixed with a pint of warm water, & given two days before the cow is due to calve / Fred.k L. Gooch.
  • A man bringing a cow to the home of another man who, with his family, greets and supplicates him. Etching by C.-F. Fortier and G. Malbeste, 1821.
  • Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.
  • A health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.
  • A doctor vaccinating children in a clinic, other mothers and children are waiting, in the background is a man getting serum from a cow. Photogravure after J. Scalbert, 1890.
  • A doctor vaccinating children in a clinic, other mothers and children are waiting, in the background is a man getting serum from a cow. Photogravure after J. Scalbert, 1890.
  • Cleansing Drench : for cow after calving : to be given in a quart of warm gruel, and repeated in twenty-four hours if necessary / prepared by Thomas Roper.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • Trimurti; a three headed god with Shiva in the center, Vishnu on the left and Brahma on the right, standing before Nandi, the cow. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Cleansing Drench : for cow after calving : to be given in a quart of warm gruel, and repeated in twenty-four hours if necessary / prepared by Cary Cocks and Roper.
  • Mellin's Food for infants and invalids : dissolved in diluted cow's milk as directed is acknowledged to be the best substitute for mother's milk : directions for use... / Mellin's Food Limited.
  • A cow wearing a rosette above an image of a parasite that affects cattle: advert for Valbazen, a cure for parasitic cattle infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ultravetis, ca. 2000.
  • A cottage at the junction of two roads: a waggon is driven along one of the roads, while a cowherd drives a cow along the other. Etching by J.C. Klengel, 1773.
  • Carter's Little Nerve Pills for the nervous & dyspeptic : find - cow, owl, fox, frog, parrot, horse, lizard, goose, man smoking pipe, rooster crowing, General Grant, Romeo and Juliet ... / Carter Medicine Co.
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Carter's Little Nerve Pills for the nervous & dyspeptic : find - cow, owl, fox, frog, parrot, horse, lizard, goose, man smoking pipe, rooster crowing, General Grant, Romeo and Juliet ... / Carter Medicine Co.
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Cow foregut showing multiple warty growths (papillomas). These have grown from the gut lining, which is formed of squamous epithelium (consisting of flat, thin cells). These benign (non-cancerous) tumours can be caused by papillomavirus infection.
  • A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.
  • A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.
  • A group of men standing with a large white cow; one of the men is Robert Koch, about to experiment on the animal, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.
  • A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.