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  • The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar. Collected into one entire volume / By John Gadbury.
  • The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar. Collected into one entire volume / By John Gadbury.
  • Episode in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle": a man with a barber's bowl beneath his chin is about to be clubbed by a knight in armour; a man stands immediately behind him, to the left is a seated couple, to the right a man who has been knocked down, and in the foreground the audience looks on. Etching by C. Grignion after M. Rooker.
  • Atrophy of the thyroid gland
  • M0006925: Portrait of Caspar Barlaeus (1584-1648)
  • John Howard: his birthplace in Clapton, Middlesex (top), facsimile of part of a letter written by him, and his residence at Cardington, Bedfordshire (bottom). Etching with engraving by C.J. Smith, 1836.
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • Four men watch, some holding their noses, as a man vomits; representing the sense of smell. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1651.
  • A statue of a physician as Aesculapius whose shadow forms the shape of a donkey. Pen drawing by Gay-again, 1831.
  • M0007116: Page from a 14th century herbal manuscript depicting a mandrake
  • A profile expressing a state of attention. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • A man weeping. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A major discussing medicine with two doctors. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • Larix decidua (European larch)
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • A female face expressing admiration. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • Io. Batis. Portae Neap. De humana physiognomia li. VI. In quibus docetur quom. animi propentes naturalibus remediis compesci possint / [Giambattista della Porta].
  • A cross in a circle against a grid background with messages recommending an AIDS test. Colour lithograph for the Ministère de la Santé, Luxembourg, 1989.
  • A medical practitioner examining a urine flask . Oil painting by C. De Bie (?) after David Teniers the younger.
  • A druggist, a pharmacy student, a pounder (of medicine), a chemist and a pharmacist. Lithograph by J. Platier, 1842.
  • A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A woman whose face expresses sadness. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man whose profile expresses compassion. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A male figure expressing ecstasy. Crayon Manner Print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A male face expressing moderate pain. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A female figure expressing admiration touched with astonishment. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.