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  • William Pitt the younger as an obstetrician and medicine vendor, accompanied by Henry Dundas as his assistant, disputing with Napoleon Bonaparte their respective medicinal remedies for the delivery of Europe. Etching after C. Ansell (?), 1800.
  • A horrified old woman observing the monstrous contents of a drop of water through a microscope. Coloured transparency lithograph.
  • A horrified old woman observing the monstrous contents of a drop of water through a microscope. Coloured transparency lithograph.
  • A horrified old woman observing the monstrous contents of a drop of water through a microscope. Coloured transparency lithograph.
  • The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Albertus Magnus expounding his doctrines of physical science in the streets of Paris ca. 1245. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • Head of "a backward boy" divided into four cerebral lobes: profile. Ink drawing with watercolour, c. 1900.
  • The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • Leeuwenhoek with his microscope. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.
  • Leonardo de Piero Dati, <i>La sfera</i>
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
  • Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1912.
  • Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1912.
  • Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1912.