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  • Jules René Guérin. Lithograph by J.B.A. Lafosse, 1867, after P.-L. Pierson.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • Human sacrifice among the Khonds in India: a victim (meriah) about to be dismembered. Wood engraving by C. Krull after J. Fuchs, 186-.
  • Fifteen professors at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Colour process print after C. Miksch, 1923.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: a large group of delegates in conversation. Process print, 1932.
  • A French soldier boasts that he and six others have 'evacuated' 300 Mexicans from a square;a military surgeon, holding an enema, counters that he has 'evacuated' many more single-handed. Coloured lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard).
  • Anthony Goodwin. Oil painting attributed to J. Rawlinson.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • New College, Belsize, London. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing after B. Sly, 1851.
  • Société Zoologique de France: the zoologist Charles Schlumberger looking at sea-creatures through a stethoscope, with Jules Richard as a sailor looking on, illustrating the menu of the society's dinner. Line block by J.T.C., 1903.
  • Sallot (?) holding up a tooth and leaning on a grossly oversized set of dentures through which a fleur-de-lis is growing, in the background is a oversized skull wearing a helmet. Coloured wood engraving (?) by Marchandeux after A. Gill, 1867.
  • Five men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
  • Two men on horseback, one clutching a child are being pursued by others brandishing swords. Etching by D. Félix, 1866.
  • Two sisters sit under a tree decorating each others' hair with flowers. Engraving by C. Cousen after G. Smith.
  • Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.
  • Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.
  • Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.
  • Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.