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  • Male reproductive organs and cross-section through the scrotum. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • An old woman sitting in the nude: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Semi-naked men and women from the dance company Momix Dancers use their bodies to form the words 'Stop AIDS Now', an advertisement by the AIDS-Hilfen Österreichischs. Colour lithograph by Claudio Alessandri Design, ca. 1995.
  • Four vignettes demonstrating different cauterisation points on naked human bodies. Watercolour after a twelfth century manuscript.
  • A nude man, sitting and pointing. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Four diagrams illustrating cross-sections of the male reproductive organs. Etching by E. Mitchell.
  • A bathing room attendant applying the method of cupping to a male customer in an active bathing house. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.
  • Surgical operations on the foot, ankle and knee: six figures. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A middle aged man, nude: frontal view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Cross-sections through the knee. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • An operation being performed on the lower abdomen of a male patient. Coloured lithograph by N.H. Jacob after himself.
  • A middle aged man, nude: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A man walking with the posture of a drunkard. Drawing with wash, c. 1789.
  • Two surgeons applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points on the chests of two male patients, the senior surgeon wears a pointed hat (?). Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.
  • Cross-sections through the human face and jaw. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A man with an arm amputated from the shoulder. Lithographic reproduction.
  • A woman covers her nudity; but in vain, because her facial features, marked with numbered dots, allow us to interpret the hidden contours and shapes of her body (according a method attributed to Lavater). Coloured lithograph.
  • A young man, wreathed, in the nude. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Six diagrams illustrating various clubfeet and operations demonstrating how to cure them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.F. Léveillé after N.H. Jacob.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • Back of a naked child. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Cross-sections through a leg and removal of a hip joint. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Nine cross-sections through the male reproductive organs, urinary system and anus. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.