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  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • The female sign incorporating the faces of five women who work in the AIDS field with a list of list of HIV-related conditions common in women by the Maricopa Area Health Education Center. Colour lithograph by Jeff Dorgay and Creative Syndicate.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, having fled France, spends his time fishing in Bournemouth. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Animal testing harms humans / SHAC.
  • Animal testing harms humans / SHAC.
  • Humane research fund appeal / Mark Gold.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Menstruation, artwork
  • Chinese woodcut: Various sores
  • Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
  • King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, Sussex: nurses and medical staff (?) about to dine. Photograph, 1907.
  • Sir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions to the Plan of Reform which disenfranchised sixty boroughs. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.
  • Brain Organoid.
  • Caution against sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.
  • Henry Brougham is praised by black ex-slaves for his part in their liberation, but criticized by children factory employees, on whom he turns his back. Lithograph by H.H. (Henry Heath).
  • A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Shen Nong