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  • The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.
  • Fragmented regions of the artist's body in juxtaposition (?). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Fragmented regions of the artist's body in juxtaposition (?). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Folio 1 verso incipit, Ibn Sallum's Thoroghness in treatment of the human body, 1720 AD
  • Acupuncture/pressure points on the body seen in profile to right. Woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • Reception of the body of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris in 1840. Lithograph by V.J. Adam after J. Arnout.
  • The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving.
  • The body of Louis Pasteur lying in-state at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Colour process print after H. Meyer, 1895.
  • Diagram of a horse in motion, indicating the location of sixty different maladies on the body. Engraving, 17--?.
  • Parasites found in the human body: eleven figures, including a tapeworm, trichina and bladderworm. Chromolithograph, 1870.
  • The mummified body of the Emperor Charles V in the Escorial. Photograph of a painting by V. Palmaroli y González.
  • Diseased tissue on the genitals of a man, with a rash of sores covering his entire face and body: two figures, one showing the body, the other the man's face in profile. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856.
  • Acupuncture/pressure points on the body seen in three-quarter profile to left. Woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • Acupuncture/pressure points on the body seen in three-quarter profile to left. Woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • Men washing the body of a recently deceased man in a Japanese bath-house. Watercolour painting, 18--.
  • The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.
  • Scales representing the imbalance between insulin and sugar in the body for those with diabetes in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Scales representing the imbalance between insulin and sugar in the body for those with diabetes in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Materials for protection of the body and respiratory system in civil defence: three figures. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.
  • Organs of the body performing gymnastic exercises; representing courses in physical culture taught by Edmond Desbonnet. Colour lithograph.
  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.
  • A man raises his hands in horror as he stands over the prostrate body of a woman. Etching.
  • A snake, brown in colour, with broken black cross-banded markings on the lower body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • Organs of the body performing gymnastic exercises; representing courses in physical culture taught by Edmond Desbonnet. Colour lithograph.
  • Saltare from the North East of England. Built for the manufacture of Alpaca and Mohair. Opened by Titus Salt in 1853. Planned with admirable arrangement for ensuring the health and comfort of the workpeople, and preventing accidents from the shafting and gearing.
  • A snake, green in colour with white markings the upper body: includes a detail of the tail's underside. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A red arrow on a graph pointing upwards through a human body, representing the increase in cancer in the USA. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • A red arrow on a graph pointing upwards through a human body, representing the increase in cancer in the USA. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Japanese funeral customs: two attendants wearing loin-cloths place the body of a dead man in a round wooden vessel while a third prepares to open a large box to receive the body. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).