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  • An image of Lord Vishnu and Lakshmi in the central circle surrounded by images of other deities, including Shiva and Parvati, Mahadevi and Ganesha. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Lord Ganesh and Skanda (?) sit across a sacrificial fire, with a long flame coming out of a pink pot watched by seventeen other deities. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Vishnu, Brahman and three other deities perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A column emerges from the sacrificial fire as eighteen deities perform a yagna, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A four armed deity (?) sitting with five priests and five other deities or kings (?) performing a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Ganesha, along with five other priests and deities or Kings (?), one beheaded, performs a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Above, two deities (?), one of whom is holding a red ball which has rays and the image of a fox emanating from it; below, two women lying on the grass with a cat, with the Hashiba ferry seen crossing the Sumida river between Asakusa and Mukōjima, in the background. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, botom image by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
  • Deiter's cells & outer hair cells, cochlea
  • A female deity (?), possibly Kuan Yin, Buddhist deity of compassion.
  • EA. - Babylonian Deity of Healing. Fish deity with mystic offerings, in British Museum.
  • Outer hair cells and Deiter's cells in the cochlea
  • A Chinese deity (?). Gouache.
  • A Chinese deity (?). Gouache.
  • Mercury deity from The Surgeon's Mate
  • Shen nung, chinese deity of medicine.
  • Figure of Taurt, Egyptian healing deity.
  • Figure of Egyptian deity, Isis with Horus the child. A healing deity particularly invoked in the healing of children.
  • Sumerian deity of Healing, Adapa, plaster cast.
  • A deity with four other figures. Woodcut.
  • Cast of Thoth, Egyptian Deity of Medicine
  • Horus or Harpocrates, Egyptian deity, figure in Wellcome.
  • Figure of Bes, Egyptian Deity, protector of childbirth.
  • Vishnu, the second deity of the Hindu triad.
  • Sumerian deity of Healing, Adapa, painting of a relief.
  • Watercolour of Shen Nung, Chinese deity of Medicine etc.
  • Surya the sun deity driving in his chariot. Gouache drawing.
  • A man or deity. Watercolour attributed to a Chinese painter.
  • A man or deity. Watercolour attributed to a Chinese painter.
  • A man or deity. Watercolour attributed to a Chinese painter.
  • A man or deity. Watercolour attributed to a Chinese painter.