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  • July Revolution, 1830, Paris: a man being carried to the Ecole de Médecine by printers who cry out to take up arms. Lithograph after E. Levasseur.
  • A woman covers her face with her hands with the message: "AIDS: take the hand; don't take the virus"; an advertisement by Mairie de Paris. Colour lithograph.
  • Bernard de Montfaucon. Line engraving by B. Audran, 1744, after C. E. Geuslin.
  • Gaspard Poitevin. Engraving by E. Desrochers, 1716.
  • A hand holding a card labelled 'Mairie de Paris: Carte Paris Santé' bearing the date '14/06/91'with the message: "AIDS: Provide free care, but also a means to fight against"; an advertisement by Mairie de Paris. Colour lithograph, 1991.
  • The Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Etching.
  • A royal banquet given by the City of Paris for King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to celebrate the birth of their son, the Dauphin. Engraving by J.M. Moreau after P.L. Moreau.
  • Electricity and its industrial applications. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1853, after L. Allard.
  • Jean Nicolas Moreau. Line engraving by J.P. Dupin, fils after C.N. Cochin, fils.
  • The importance of regular health checks for children in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé and Unicef, ca. 2000.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • French soldiers requisitioning food from civilians inside a German fortified town. Etching by J. P. Le Bas, 1741 after J.-F. Chanterau.
  • The world wrapped in the AIDS red ribbon bearing the words: "droits et devoirs partageons"(rights and duties share) with figures arranged arm in arm along part of the ribbon; an advertisement for a solidarity march at the Place de la Libération, Nice on 1st December, 1995, World AIDS Day; organised by associations and institutions fighting against AIDS including CRIPS (Centre régional d'information et de prévention du SIDA). Colour lithograph.
  • A man barricades himself in with a panoply of protections against the cholera epidemic, the latter represented as a hag; representing an overabundance of useless advice concerning protection against cholera. Coloured etching by J.B. Wunder, c. 1832.
  • A man barricades himself in with a panoply of protections against the cholera epidemic, the latter represented as a hag; representing an overabundance of useless advice concerning protection against cholera. Coloured etching by J.B. Wunder, c. 1832.
  • The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A. Velpeau (1795-1867) performing an anatomical dissection. Etching, after F.N.A. Feyen-Perrin, 1864.
  • The surgeon Capiomont stitching the ear of general Oudinot at the battle of Wagram, 1809. Watercolour by F. Pils.
  • Demons and witches arrive at the sabbath. Engraving by J. Aliamet after D. Teniers the younger, 1755.
  • Sir Arthur Hurst with a group of British and Parisian doctors, on the occasion of his visit to the Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris. Process print, 1928.
  • Paris from the bank of the Seine. Etching by I. Silvestre.
  • A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
  • A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
  • Aeneas is standing with his father Anchises on his shoulders as he rescues him from the fire of Troy, and he receives the household gods from his wife, Creusa. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • The heads and shoulders of five women wearing hats elaborately decorated with feathers, ribbons, and flowers. Coloured line block.
  • Hospital, Messina, Sicily, Italy: the central square with a numbered key. Tinted etching by J. Deny, 1783.
  • The muscles of the back, with the hands tied together at the wrist. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn and a guitar in the background. Coloured stipple print by J.F. Cazenave after L.L. Boilly, ca. 1793.
  • Muscles of the back: partial dissection of a seated woman, showing the bones and muscles of the back and shoulder. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1745/1746.
  • Muscles of the back: partial dissection of a seated woman, showing the bones and muscles of the back and shoulder. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1745/1746.