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  • Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
  • Glass with facets and twists.
  • Marmite : the great yeast 'Vitamin B' food : approved by science / The Marmite Food Extract Co. Ltd.
  • Marmite : the great yeast 'Vitamin B' food : approved by science / The Marmite Food Extract Co. Ltd.
  • The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: production of the rabies vaccine: removing the spinal cord of a dissected rabbit, previously infected with rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Cabinet de physique.
  • The high potency of penicillin when first partially purified. Photograph, 194- (?).
  • The high potency of penicillin when first partially purified. Photograph, 194- (?).
  • Stinging hairs on a nettle leaf
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • An apparatus for obtaining fresh water, Antofagasta. Halftone.
  • 'Milk of magnesia' tablets relieve acid indigestion / Chas H. Phillips Chemical Co. Ltd.
  • Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) stem, SEM
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
  • Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (1857-1916), surgeon and physiologist. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon, ca. 1897.
  • The name "H. Cline"; the outline of a femur; and studs. Relief etchings by Henry Cline, 1784/1811.
  • The name "H. Cline"; the outline of a femur; and studs. Relief etchings by Henry Cline, 1784/1811.
  • The name "H. Cline"; the outline of a femur; and studs. Relief etchings by Henry Cline, 1784/1811.
  • Creamola makes delicious custard (standard flavour) : sole manufacturers Creamola Food Products Ltd.
  • Creamola makes delicious custard (standard flavour) : sole manufacturers Creamola Food Products Ltd.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): people queuing in Vienna Cathedral to kiss the image of the Virgin. Etching by G.R. Lewis, 1822.
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.
  • In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.