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  • A young man holding a dagger threatens to kill himself while a young lady sitting on a chair next to him smiles at him, not taking his threat seriously. Coloured lithograph by J.G. Scheffer.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • A poor apothecary in a cart being drawn by his servant are overtaken by a wealthy couple in a horse-drawn carriage with a seat at the back for their servant. Coloured etching.
  • A poor apothecary in a cart being drawn by his servant are overtaken by a wealthy couple in a horse-drawn carriage with a seat at the back for their servant. Coloured etching.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.
  • A young man holding a dagger threatens to kill himself while a young lady sitting on a chair next to him smiles at him, not taking his threat seriously. Coloured lithograph by J.G. Scheffer.
  • André Mazet tending people suffering from yellow fever in the streets of Barcelona. Lithograph by Langlumé after J. Arago.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • Clinique photographique de l'Hôpital Saint-Louis / par A. Hardy et A. de Montméja.
  • Two physicians outside the bedroom of a desperately sick man: each physician invites the other to enter first. Coloured lithograph by J.B., 18--.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • A female barber lathering the face of a nervous man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1825.
  • A hairdresser holding a bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. Coloured engraving by A. Joly, ca. 1813.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • A man and woman use a redeveloped clyster for scatological, intoxicating purposes (?). Coloured reproduction of an etching after G. de Cari.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • Études cliniques sur l'hystéro-épilepsie ou grande hystérie / par Paul Richer ; précédé d'une lettre-préface de J.-M. Charcot.
  • A man and woman use a redeveloped clyster for scatological, intoxicating purposes (?). Coloured etching by P. Maleuvre after G. de Cari.
  • De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique.
  • A wraith-like figure emerges 'cured' from the hospital. Coloured lithograph by Mantoux, c. 1830.
  • De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique.
  • De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique.
  • A louche man approaches a well-dressed man who has looked at hs girlfriend and asks him "What do you want, clown?". Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal. 1822.
  • A corrupt old man tries to seduce a woman by urging her to take a hypnotic draught in her drink. Coloured lithograph by C. Motte.
  • A corrupt old man tries to seduce a woman by urging her to take a hypnotic draught in her drink. Coloured lithograph by C. Motte.