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  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Ancoloxin and its 14 years' successful ue in pregnancy sickness : clothing and the British.
  • Ancoloxin and its 14 years' successful ue in pregnancy sickness : clothing and the British.
  • For chilblains Pernivit prophylaxis and treatment : housing and the British.
  • For chilblains Pernivit prophylaxis and treatment : housing and the British.
  • When cough is complicated by bronchospasm or congestion Extil Compound Linctus treats the complications as well as the cough : sanitation and the British.
  • When cough is complicated by bronchospasm or congestion Extil Compound Linctus treats the complications as well as the cough : sanitation and the British.
  • A Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • The prodigal son returns home by boat to a large party. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.
  • The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A poor, old and wounded war veteran watched in sympathy by a young Russian family - a Russian war fund poster. Halftone after S. Vinogradoff, 1914.
  • A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A fruiting cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) Photograph.
  • A husband wearily pampers his pregnant wife. Lithograph by F. Bouchot, 1838.
  • The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.
  • The practitioner.
  • A clergyman conducting a chaotic christening. Colour mezzotint by J. Sympson, 173-, after W. Hogarth.
  • The tax on medicine represented as a tax on illness and, ultimately, even on the 'abnormality' of healthiness: ten vignettes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot, 1907.
  • A mouse is sitting in front of a trap with an inviting sign, contemplating the offer. Coloured aquatint.
  • Textiles: men working at large fabric printing machines. Engraving.
  • The Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly: the interior. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1848, after B. Sly.
  • Textiles: women and children working at large cotton manufacturing machines. Engraving.
  • A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • AIDS prevention advert from Vietnam
  • Vaccination in Burkina Faso. Lithograph after L. Koy, ca. 2000.