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  • Asphyxia of the new-born child and its treatment. Lithograph after W. F. Victor Bonney.
  • Medicine chest used in the Netherlands Army, 1887, for treating cases of asphyxia.
  • A skeleton of a new born child with deformed hips who died of asphyxia in birth. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.
  • The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.
  • On the influence of abnormal parturition, difficult labours, premature birth, and asphyxia neonatorum, on the mental and physical condition of the child, especially in relation to deformities / by W.J. Little ..., Senior Physician to the London Hospital; founder of the Royal Orthopædic Hospital ... ; communicated by Dr. Tyler Smith.
  • Avis au peuple, sur les asphyxies, ou morts apparentes et subites, contenant les moyens de les prévenir et d'y remédier. Avec la description d'une nouvelle boëte fumigatoire portative / [Joseph Jacques de Gardane].
  • Avis au peuple, sur les asphyxies, ou morts apparentes et subites, contenant les moyens de les prévenir et d'y remédier. Avec la description d'une nouvelle boëte fumigatoire portative / [Joseph Jacques de Gardane].
  • The connexion of life with respiration; or, an experimental inquiry into the effects of submersion, strangulation, and several kinds of noxious airs, on living animals: with an account of the nature of the disease they produce; its distinction from death itself; and the most effectual means of cure / By Edmund Goodwyn.
  • Saint Blaise. Coloured engraving.
  • A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.
  • A dissertation on suspended respiration, from drowning, hanging, and suffocation: : in which is recommended a different mode of treatment to any hitherto pointed out. / By Edward Coleman, surgeon.
  • A dissertation on suspended respiration, from drowning, hanging, and suffocation: : in which is recommended a different mode of treatment to any hitherto pointed out. / By Edward Coleman, surgeon.
  • Avis sur les moyens pratiques avec succes pour secourir : 1. les personnes noyés; 2. celles qui ont été suffoqués par des vapeurs méphitiques, telles que celles du charbon, du vin, des mines, &c.; 3. les enfans qui paroissent morts en naissant, & qu'il est facile d'appeler à la vie; 4. les personnes qui ont été mordues par des animaux enragés; 5. celles qui ont été empoisonnés ... / extrait des mémoires de M. Portal, médecin consultant de Monsieur de l'Académie royale des Sciences.
  • The new water-soluble analeptic with a camphor action : Coramine (pyridine-β-carbonic acid diethylamide).
  • Of special value in chronic hypopiesis : the new water-soluble analeptic Coramine.
  • To stimulate the herat and the respiration : Coramine "Ciba".
  • El mejor amigo del pueblo : ó coleccion de consejos de los hombres mas sábios para curar á los enfermos y socorrer á los envenenados.
  • A man dressed in bondage gear, dark glasses and cap holding his penis; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • Periventricular Leucomalacia
  • Leucomalacia, periventricular
  • World War I: the face of a soldier suffering from the effects of phosgene gas poisoning. Pastel by A.K. Maxwell, ca. 1915.
  • Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.
  • Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching after W. Heath, 1829.
  • Lung: primary pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.