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  • Die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin : mediko-kunsthistorisches Studie / von Dr. Eugen Holländer ... Mit 10 farbigen Tafeln und 223 Abbildungen im Text.
  • Die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin : mediko-kunsthistorisches Studie / von Dr. Eugen Holländer ... Mit 10 farbigen Tafeln und 223 Abbildungen im Text.
  • The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
  • Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
  • J.H. van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society, Amsterdam. Engraving by R. Vinkeles after J. Kuyper and P.P. Barbiers.
  • J.H. van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society, Amsterdam. Engraving by R. Vinkeles after J. Kuyper and P.P. Barbiers.
  • Quacks on stage, with many figures around. Oil painting attributed to a Netherlandish painter.
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.