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  • A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A customer at a pharmacy makes a verbal gaffe when asking for iodine. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.
  • Two men share a joke about leeches in front of a pharmacy window. Coloured pen and ink drawing by Blondeau.
  • A small child attempts to ask a pharmacist for some ipecacuanha, but only succeeds in babbling excrementally. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.
  • A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.
  • A fat friar sitting on an open fireplace and frying a drumstick. Etching by Charles West Cope.
  • As sure as [eggs] are [eggs,] Bird's concentrated egg powder is unrivalled / Alfred Bird & Sons.
  • The wife of the Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • The wife of the Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • A shark chasing a small fish; a 'Stop AIDS' advertisement. Lithograph by L. Drewinski, 1997.
  • White spermatozoa swimming down, two with their tales crossed against a black background; a 'Stop AIDS' advertisement. Lithograph by L. Drewinski, 1997.
  • In a garden, men with wens look through magnifying glasses at round flowers. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1823.
  • A bloodhound and a Scotch terrier sitting in a kennel and looking out. Lithograph after E. H. Landseer.
  • A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • A potato shaking hands with Edward Jenner, claiming him as a fellow vaccinator. Watercolour by John Leech.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A Chinese painting in which a woman baring her genitals is pushed on a swing towards a man with an erect penis. Colour lithograph, ca. 1989.
  • Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, with a whip in one hand and a letter in the other, mounted on an ass with a human head. Etching with engraving, 1745.
  • An almost deserted street in London in the early morning: a woman serves a man and a boy with a hot drink, and a policeman rests against a bollard. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.