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  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • Saint Severin of Noricum awakens from the dead the priest Silvinus, in the presence of five other men. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J.M. Kager.
  • Anaesthetic: Neonatal, 1955
  • Saint Bernardino of Siena bringing a sick infant back from the dead. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after V. Salimbeni.
  • William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.
  • A young woman with folded hands giving thanks to heaven, an older woman points to a crowd carrying a young man wrapped in a blanket. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny, 1780.
  • The Royal Humane Society's hut next to the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London. Engraving.
  • Stories of the Royal Humane Society / by Frank Mundell.
  • Journal de Medicine, Chirurgie, Pharmacie.
  • [Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].
  • Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.
  • Czar Alexander of Russia offers his handkerchief as bandage to a man rescued from drowning. Stipple engraving by J. Girtin, 1806.
  • [Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].
  • Elisha raises the Shunamite's son. Engraving by H. Moses, 1814, after B. West, ca. 1766.
  • [Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].
  • [Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].
  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.
  • Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.
  • Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.
  • Elisha's skeleton exerts a magical power when a dead soldier who has fallen into his grave is brought back to life. Etching by M. Tyroff, c. 1735.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.
  • The widow of Zarephath seeks assistance from the prophet Elijah; her son has fallen into a coma. Engraving, c. 17th century.
  • The raising of Lazarus. Engraving by J. Muller after A. Bloemaert.
  • Avis sur les moyens pratiques avec succes pour secourir : 1. les personnes noyés; 2. celles qui ont été suffoqués par des vapeurs méphitiques, telles que celles du charbon, du vin, des mines, &c.; 3. les enfans qui paroissent morts en naissant, & qu'il est facile d'appeler à la vie; 4. les personnes qui ont été mordues par des animaux enragés; 5. celles qui ont été empoisonnés ... / extrait des mémoires de M. Portal, médecin consultant de Monsieur de l'Académie royale des Sciences.
  • Artificial respiration of a man who has been rescued from drowning, electric shock or carbon monoxide poisoning. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 194-.