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  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, as a doctor admitting that he mislabelled medicine bottles; referring to misgovernment of Ireland and Scotland. Pencil drawing, ca. 180-.
  • Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • 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.
  • A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
  • A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
  • A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
  • A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
  • A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
  • The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon