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  • A nearly naked man chops wood and hammers nails into it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • The Virgin miraculously heals a man possessed by a devil by making him vomit nails. Etching by Luigi Nuti after Giovanni da san Giovanni.
  • Diseased skin and nails on the hands and fingers of sufferers of a variety of diseases, including psoriasis and syphilis. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880?.
  • Diseased skin and nails on the hands and fingers of sufferers of a variety of diseases, including psoriasis and syphilis. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880?.
  • Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.
  • Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.
  • Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.
  • Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.
  • Three men work near an open fire on anvils with hammers making nails and pins of various sizes, some tools of their trade hang on the walls. Coloured etching.
  • Our arses are very sensitive and can be very sexual : they can be damaged easily, so make sure that finger nails are cut short and filed when fisting ... / East London and The City Health Authority.
  • Our arses are very sensitive and can be very sexual : they can be damaged easily, so make sure that finger nails are cut short and filed when fisting ... / East London and The City Health Authority.
  • Various forms of torture: victims are shown to be pushed of a platform to plunge into death, or shoved into a cauldron filled with boiling water, or pressed with their bodies onto nails on the ground. Woodcut.
  • (Recto) a man is cut by the sharp nails of his female companion who has AIDS; (verso) information on how to deal with serious accidents when HIV positive. Colour lithograph by Oliver Koss, 1995, for the Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA in Togo.
  • (Recto) a man is cut by the sharp nails of his female companion who has AIDS; (verso) information on how to deal with serious accidents when HIV positive. Colour lithograph by Oliver Koss, 1995, for the Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA in Togo.
  • Various methods of torture: one victim is tied to the stake and has pieces of flesh torn out of its side with pliers, while another is tied to the rack and has hot fluids poured on him, while yet another victim has to walk over nails. Woodcut.
  • What the doctor found : in the body of Frank Wilson, who was operated on for appendicitis in a hospital at Cairo (Ill.), were found:- a button hook, a hat pin, three keys, a lead pencil, a belt buckle, a toy pistol, three small nails, a needle, a thermometer.
  • Three Hindu ascetics, or holy men: above, a man lying on a bed of nails; below left, a man seated in the lotus position with withered arms raised above his head; below right, a man seated in the lotus position holding a trident. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1809.
  • A small nailed seal (phocaleptonyx) sitting on a rock in the sea. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.