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  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • The cure of Innocentius of Carthage: the prayers of Saint Augustine of Hippo and others save Innocentius from painful surgery. Oil painting after Schelte Bolswert.
  • The cure of Innocentius of Carthage: the prayers of Saint Augustine of Hippo and others save Innocentius from painful surgery. Oil painting after Schelte Bolswert.
  • The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Tibetan cosmological amulet for protection against diseases. Gouache painting, Tibet.
  • An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G.M. Woodward.
  • The emblematic figure of a man representing secularisation, technical innovation, educational reforms and liberal politics in the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.