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  • A witch casting spells over a steaming cauldron. Engraving by H.S. Thomassin after Demaretz.
  • 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 man with toothache sits in his nightgown, with a handkerchief around his face, in a surgery [?], and is discovered by "Botsam" in fright to be turning into a devil. Wood engraving by F. Wentworth after H.K. Browne.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A scholar pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Human skull: side view. Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • A woman's bare foot treading on the shoe of a man with two skulls touching above with the word 'AIDS'; a warning about the importance of safe sex and the dangers of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Human skull: side view. Stipple engraving by J. Severn, after J.B. Sharpe, 1818.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • A surgeon extracting a tooth from a patient, while the latter's concerned wife stands in the background. Etching by J. Taylor, 1811, after G. Dou.
  • A skull. Oil painting.
  • A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • A skull resting on sheet music. Line engraving with etching by J.F. Mutilana.
  • Individual bones of the human skull, with vertebrae. Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • Skull, jaw-bones and paws of a gopher and a beaver: fourteen figures. Etching, 1840/1870?.
  • A tooth-drawer is extracting a tooth from a tense seated patient, the room is scattered with objects pertaining to academia. Line engraving by A. Kesler after F. Giani after G. Dou.
  • An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.
  • A wizard performing spells in his den. Wood engraving by S. Millar after himself.
  • A skeleton (representing Death), smoking a cigarette and offering a cigarette from a pack; implying that smoking causes death. Screen print (?), 19--.
  • Bones of the skull and of the ear: thirteen figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
  • A skeleton (representing Death), smoking a cigarette and offering a cigarette from a pack; implying that smoking causes death. Screen print (?), 19--.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Human skulls of different racial types: eleven figures also including the skull of an ape, and a graph demonstrating different angles. Engraving.
  • A skull prepared for demonstration: front view. Photograph.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.
  • Skull of a three-year-old brown bear: four figures, showing the skull and jaw-bones. Etching, 1840/1870?.