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  • A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
  • Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.
  • Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.
  • The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
  • A tree. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A tree. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
  • Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet. Coloured pen and ink drawing by O. Cramer, 1837.
  • A standing figure in a red aureole surrounded by red crosses; representing virtue, pain and anger. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A young man holding a stylus and a drawing, being shown a drawing of Fame by a female figure personifying Painting. Wash drawing by F. Dekker after G. Reni.
  • A standing figure in a red aureole surrounded by red crosses; representing virtue, pain and anger. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • An operation for stone in the head. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Sanders van Hemessen.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • Syphilis. Gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by E. Ficquet after M. Q. de La Tour.