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  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates / [Jacques-Bénigne Winslow].
  • Keep an eye on your chest / NAPT.
  • An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • A man with an injured back after lifting a crate of heavy metal bolts; with diagrams of the approved and disapproved methods of lifting. Colour lithograph after K-S.
  • A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.
  • The hand of a factory worker clutching his foot because he has knocked it against a heavy cogwheel lying on the ground. Colour lithograph after Arthur G. Mills.
  • An orange sea-horse with a serrated back like a circular saw, against which two medical auxiliaries carry an injured man on a stretcher. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1945.
  • A hornet, and a metal band which has sprung loose from around a crate, comparing the effects of the two. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris.
  • A frayed steel cable with dangerous, jagged projections. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1945.
  • A careless lathe operator getting his tie caught in the lathe. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
  • A spanner and an adjustable spanner, as if in conversation, standing against a brick wall covered with a spider's web. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris, 1945.
  • The face of the Japanese emperor represented as a yellow sun issuing red rays. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz, 1945.
  • An artificial hand holding a sheet of glass. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris, 1945.
  • A circular saw properly set up and equipped. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Precautions for AIDS infection control in Philippines
  • A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
  • A big red ribbon against peaceful sunset-lit clouds; representing solidarity in Poland with HIV positive people. Colour lithograph, 200- (?).
  • A warning about AIDS in Kuwait.
  • John Arthur Roebuck. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son after Ape (C. Pellegrini), 1874.
  • World War I: the face of a soldier suffering from the effects of phosgene gas poisoning. Pastel by A.K. Maxwell, ca. 1915.
  • A man with his wife and family crosses a zebra crossing while swivelling his head back to admire two passing women representing a warning about the risks of new sexual partners and AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A man apparently with an STD looking alarmed as he holds up a sheet to cover his genital area; with three further anxious men and women with similar complaints to the right; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.