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  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • Fargesia rufa T.P.Yi Poaceae. Farges bamboo. Distribution: China. Named, in 1985, after Paul Guillaume Farges (1844-1912), a French missionary and plant collector, who went in 1867 with the Missions Étrangères to north-east Szechuan. He botanised extensively and amassed 4,000 herbarium specimens which he sent back o France. He discovered and sent back seeds of the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, one of which germinated after 18 months. Eighty plants have been named after him. (Cox, 1945
  • Practical observations on the diseases of the Army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / By William Lempriere.
  • Practical observations on the diseases of the Army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / By William Lempriere.
  • Practical observations on the diseases of the Army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / By William Lempriere.
  • The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell.
  • A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves / By Charles Bell.
  • The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell.
  • A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves / By Charles Bell.
  • A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves / By Charles Bell.
  • A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves / By Charles Bell.
  • A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves / By Charles Bell.
  • The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • The Zoist.
  • People looking at the pictures on exhibition at the Royal Academy, London. Engraving by Radclyffe after Sargent.
  • The British Museum: the Additional Library, in the north wing of the museum, looking from west to east towards the reading rooms. Engraving by Radclyffe after L. Jewitt.
  • The British Museum: the Egyptian Room, with visitors. Engraving by Radclyffe after B. Sly, 1844.
  • Christ's Hospital, London: the interior of the Hall. Engraving by Ll.. Jewitt after H. S. Melville.
  • Raphael ascending from the house of Tobit. Etching by A. Walker, 1765, after Rembrandt.
  • M.O. Tirunarayana Iyengar. Photograph.
  • Swellengrebel, Iyengar and two others in India. Photograph, 1924.