Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: equipment on deck. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: metal jugs and other equipment on deck. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: an operator wearing protective oxygen breathing apparatus. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: the outside of the ship showing portholes. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: an operator pouring cyanide solution into a funnel. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

Ship fumigation using hydrogen cyanide: operators at work with metal funnels on board the ship. Photograph by P. G. Stock, 1900/1920.

A delegation of British health officials caricatured as a queue of Elizabethan courtiers. Pen drawing by A. Granville, 1922.

Vecon natural vegetable stock recipe guide : the versatile vegetable stock / Modern Health.

Vecon natural vegetable stock... : the versatile vegetable stock / Modern Health.

Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A young woman, posing naked in a classical attitude, against a square column in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1890/1910.

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