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  • Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles òu l'on rétablit les caractéres de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces / par M. le Bon. G. Cuvier.
  • The heads of five women with ringletted hair dressed with jewellery and flowers. Coloured lithograph by Michelet, 1865.
  • The heads of five women with braided and ringletted hair dressed with flowers and beads. Coloured lithograph by Michelet, 1865.
  • Salomon de Caus incarcerated in the mental asylum of Bicêtre. Lithograph by Lafosse after J.J. Lecurieux, 1845.
  • A cobbler purposely disturbing his beautiful wife and a rich merchant from beginning to repay his debt with sexual favours. Etching by P. Fillœul, 1736, after J.-B. Pater.
  • Two red fish appear to swim inside a green condom in an ocean of sharks; representing a warning of the dangers of not using sexual protection and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Lionel Bouhier, 1992.
  • The dangers of not using sexual protection and AIDS.
  • Paul and Virginie are found by their slave Domingue and their dog Fidele when they are lost in the forests of Mauritius. Engraving.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.
  • A surgeon about to let blood from a woman patient in a richly furnished room. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
  • Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
  • Three men indoors round an inn table with drink, tobacco pipes and cards. Engraving by F. Basan after A. van Ostade.
  • Two men indoors at a small table: one smokes while the other fills his pipe. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1773, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man sits by a barrel-table smoking his pipe, behind others play cards and a woman enters the room. Engraving by P. Chenu after D. Teniers.
  • A human skeleton, leaning against a tomb: lateral view. Engraving by R. Benard, late 18th century, after A. Vesalius, 1543.
  • A human skeleton, leaning against a tomb: lateral view. Engraving by R. Benard, late 18th century, after A. Vesalius, 1543.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • Melpomene, Polyhymnia and Erato. Etching by G. Duchange after B. Picart after E. Le Sueur.
  • A human skeleton, leaning against a tomb, after Vesalius: lateral view. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.
  • Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.