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  • Catalogue of surgical instruments & appliances, aseptic hospital furniture and surgical dressings, etc., etc / manufactured and sold by S. Maw, Son & Sons.
  • Surgical instruments laid out on a table, for use in cataract and hernia operations during the mid 1500s, with two men in 16th century dress standing behind it. Colour facsimile process print after a 16th century manuscript, 1925.
  • "Asepta" absorbent cotton for surgical, medical and hygienic uses. Colour lithograph by Henry Le Monnier, 1928.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • Boer War: soldiers checking the contents of crates of medical supplies. Halftone, c.1900.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Elsie Clutterbuck (right), a smallpox patient, with another patient (a boy) and a nurse. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • An ill marsupial creature with a human head and long tail is seated in a chair being treated by two nurses; representing Daniel O'Connell's role in the County Carlow election of 1835. Coloured lithograph by R. Seymour, 1835.
  • Mercury lies dying from cholera, surrounded by ministers; representing the sickly state of the French economy in the 1830s. Coloured etching, c. 1832.
  • Antiochus IV of Syria, sick and injured by a fall from his chariot, dictates his will as surgeons bandage his leg. Etching by N. Hallé, 1738.
  • Philip Harris & Co. Ltd. : Birmingham.
  • Nicolae Paulescu. Photograph.
  • Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast. Watercolour, 1841.
  • Saint Damian or Saint Cosmas. Oil painting by a Spanish painter (Granada), 18th century.
  • Saint Damian or Saint Cosmas. Oil painting by a Spanish painter (Granada), 18th century.
  • Saint Damian or Saint Cosmas. Oil painting by a Spanish painter (Granada), 18th century.
  • The Dutch anatomist Steven Blankaart (1650-1704) performing a dissection in an anatomy theatre, with seven observers. Engraving, 1687.
  • Ancient anatomists in discussion around a cadaver. Engraving by G. Appelmans, 1674.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • A physician-virtuoso in his cabinet, examining a flask of urine brought by a lady. Oil painting by a painter in the circle of Gerard Thomas, early 18th century.
  • A physician-virtuoso in his cabinet, examining a flask of urine brought by a lady. Oil painting by a painter in the circle of Gerard Thomas, early 18th century.
  • A physician-virtuoso in his cabinet, examining a flask of urine brought by a lady. Oil painting by a painter in the circle of Gerard Thomas, early 18th century.