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  • A woman suffering from extreme emaciation (anorexia nervosa)
  • A woman suffering from extreme emaciation (anorexia nervosa)
  • A naked man, standing; despite his emaciation, his abdomen is swollen. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1864.
  • A naked man, standing; despite his emaciation, his abdomen is swollen. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1864.
  • Typical physical skin complaints caused by the HIV virus that leads to AIDS including rashes, purple blistering, emaciation and open sores; an AIDS prevention advertisement by The Ministry of Education Training, Vietnam. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A diabetic man, emaciated, before treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.
  • Friern Hospital, London: an old man, emaciated, viewed from the side. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Two emaciated, blind and ailing horses standing on a field. Etching after P. Potter, 1652.
  • An emaciated man, rescued from a premature burial, lying on an outdoor hospital bed. Photograph.
  • An emaciated patient protesting to his doctor, who is satisfied with his patient's demise. Watercolour.
  • A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • Above, an emaciated wolf in a rocky landscape, below, its tracks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • An emaciated man in conversation with another man in a meadow; wild animals listen with attention. Gouache painting.
  • Famine in Bangalore, India: a group of emaciated women and children. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • An emaciated man, rescued from a premature burial, being helped to sit up on an outdoor hospital bed. Photograph.
  • A group of emaciated and starving physicians lamenting their lack of work. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • John Bull on a throne receiving emaciated and tattered supplicants for charity, including Napoleon. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1814.
  • Famine in India: emaciated young men wearing loin cloths and a woman wearing a sari. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
  • Famine in India: emaciated young men wearing loin cloths and a woman wearing a sari. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
  • Famine in India: emaciated young men wearing loin cloths and a woman wearing a sari. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • Famine in Mysore, India: six emaciated women, five sitting and one leaning on another's lap. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • Famine in India: five emaciated children; a girl sitting and four boys lying on a mat. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the emaciated body of Jesus Christ; advertising the support group Catholic AIDS Link for people with HIV/AIDS. Photocopy.
  • Above, a temple with a furnace; below, emaciated bodies lying at the top of two towers with vultures feeding on the carrion. Engraving.
  • Famine in India: five emaciated children; a girl sitting and four boys lying on a mat. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.
  • The martyrdom of Cypriania Bustia: Cypriania lies emaciated and dead in a marketplace, his stomach being devoured by hungry dogs. Etching after D. Dodd.
  • Famine in Mysore, India: six emaciated men wearing loin cloths, five sitting and one lying on a mat. Photograph attributed to Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1876/1878.