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  • Above, Lo Xuegu(?), a Chinese painter, shown seated in front of his artist's materials, playing a lute-like instrument and singing, while his dog dances; below, an attempt to photograph a Niō (Buddhist diety), who is watched with amusement by a fellow Niō. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
  • Cajal Neurons
  • Trachoma: health promotion material, Vietnam
  • Synthetic DNA channel transporting cargo across membranes
  • Synthetic DNA channel transporting cargo across membranes
  • ReOrientalisms.
  • ReOrientalisms.
  • Synthetic DNA channel transporting cargo across membranes.
  • Liberation of Jewish slaves: a woman and a young man embrace a bearded man dressed in robes, others travel on the road with camels. Engraving by C.H. Jeens after H. Le Jeune, 1847.
  • A pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving by J.I. Grandville after J. Bara, c. 1840.
  • A pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving by J.I. Grandville after J. Bara, c. 1840.
  • Albert, Prince Consort, on his deathbed at Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance, 14 December 1861. Lithograph by W.L. Walton after Oakley, c.1865.
  • Albert, Prince Consort, on his deathbed at Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance, 14 December 1861. Lithograph by W.L. Walton after Oakley, c.1865.
  • Albert, Prince Consort, on his deathbed at Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance, 14 December 1861. Lithograph by W.L. Walton after Oakley, c.1865.
  • Gwendoline Maud Syrie, née Barnardo (later Syrie Wellcome, later Syrie Maugham). Drypoint by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1901.
  • Gwendoline Maud Syrie, née Barnardo (later Syrie Wellcome, later Syrie Maugham). Drypoint by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1901.
  • Gwendoline Maud Syrie, née Barnardo (later Syrie Wellcome, later Syrie Maugham). Drypoint by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1901.
  • A warning not to re-use syringes with a series of diagrams illustrating instructions on how to disinfect syringes using bleach in the event of re-use; advertisement by I.R.E.P with the help of the Ministére des Affaires sociales, de la Santé de la Ville. Colour lithograph.
  • World War I: a French underground hospital at Verdun. Oil painting by Ugo Matania, 1917.
  • World War I: a French underground hospital at Verdun. Oil painting by Ugo Matania, 1917.
  • Men, women and child slaves near Tete, Mozambique, are forced to walk through the fields fettered at the neck and wrists. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after J.B. Zwecker.
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Red cockerel
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Dragon bone
  • Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Damupi plant
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Oenanthe javanica
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Alpinia japonica
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Cassia blossom
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Cinnabar
  • A blind man assisted by another man (Fritz Wrampe). Drawing by Fritz Wrampe, 193-.