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  • Two young women are standing by a stone wall, one is offering the other a rose to smell. Lithograph by E.C. Fischer, 1844, after Héloise Leloir.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • A woman in a garden with some flowers; in the background God blows spirit into Adam's body; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas.
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...
  • A letter to Dr. Smelle [sic] shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...