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The brunoniad: an heroic poem. In six cantos. Containing A solemn Detail of certain Commotions which have, of late, divided the Kingdom of Physic against itself. A critical and truly Homerican Catalogue of our present Luminaries of Medicine. - A Preface, describing the present State of Medicine, being the Result of deep philosophical Investigation. - And a Dedication, being a Specimen of the Author's Talents in the Sublime and Beautiful. By Julius Juniper, Poet Laureat to the Royal College of Physicians.
Heald, W. M. (William Margetson), 1767-1837.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 2 ['HSW Private No.2' with key]
Date: 17 Apr 1888 - May 1890Reference: WF/E/01/01/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
Royal Army Medical CorpsDate: 17th century - 20th centuryReference: RAMC- Books
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Models of letters in French and English, containing 1st. A Collection of familiar Letters and Notes, with their Answers, on a Variety of Subjects - 2dly. Several Letters, both elegant and entertaining, extracted from the most celebrated epistolary Writers - 3dly. Introductory Remarks on the commercial Style, with various Specimens of Letters, Bills of Exchange, promissory Notes, &c. relative to the mercantile Business. To which are annexed accurate directions with regard to the proper form of writing to superiors, equals, and inferiors. The whole Designed for the Instruction and Improvement of such young Gentlemen and Ladies as are particularly desirous of acquiring the true Style and exact Manner of French epistolary Correspondence. By Mr. Porny, French - Master at Eton - College.
Porny, Mr.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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A catalogue of pictures, Copied or Multiplied (for Sale) By a chymical and mechanical process; exhibited with The capital originals from which they have been taken, by the Polygraphic Society, At their Rooms, in Pall-Mall, being their eighth exhibition: opened the 4th of April, 1792, As specimens of what the society engage to deliver to Purchasers. - Admittance one Shilling. To continue till further notice, from eleven in the morning till six in the evening. - All Orders addressed by Letter to the Polygraphic Society, as above, will be executed in the same Manner as if the Parties were present. N. B. Catalogues gratis.
Polygraphic Society (London, England)Date: [1792]- Books
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The history and art of printing. In two parts. Part I. containing I. A Concise History of the Art from its Invention to the present Time; with the several Charters granted to the Company of Stationers. II. Specimens of Printing Types of all Sizes, and various Languages, Music Types, Flowers and Ornaments. Part II. treating of I. The necessary Materials made use of in a Printing Office-Of the different Pounts of Letter, their Properties, Size, and Application; with Tables to shew the Difference there is between the several Bodies of Letter, and how one gets in or drives out more than another. - Of Points, Quadrate, Spaces, Rules, Braces, Quotations, Flowers, &c. &c. II. Of Printing Presses, their Construction and Use particulars described, with a Drawing of a Press, and of its several Parts, cut in Wood. III. Of Wetting Paper, Knocking up Balls, Pulling, Printing different Colours, and other necessary Rules and Directions for the Pressman. IV. Or the Compositor's Business, viz. Dressing of Chaces, Composing, Spacing, Tying up Pages, Imposing, &c. with a great Variety of Examples and useful Tables. V. Of Correctors and Correcting, with Directions to Authors how to mark Corrections in their Proof Sheets. VI. Of Casting off Copy. Vii. Alphabets and Characters of various Languages and Sciences. Viii. Of the Business requisite to be done in the Warehouse, and the Duty of the Warehouseman. IX. An Explanation of Technical Terms used in Printing. The Whole forming a more intelligible and complete Introduction to the Art of Printing than has been hitherto attempted, and containing a great Variety of Instructions and Examples that are not to be found in any other Performance. By P. Luckombe, M. T. A.
Luckombe, Philip, -1803.Date: [1771]- Books
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Theophilus clibber, to David Garrick, Esq; With dissertations on theatrical subjects. I. Of poets and actors, their antiquity, and estimation;- particularly among the Greeks and Romans:- acting of plays encouraged by the greatest men in all ages. II. Socrates, Epaminondas, Cs̆ar, Scipio, Brutus, Ciceso, &c. promoters of dramatic compositions, encouragers of actors, &c. III. The apostles no enemies to plays: quotations form Holy Writ, and of some modern divines in their favour. History of patents and licences, from Queen Elizabeth's time to the present, chiefly granted in favour of the actors. IV. Good conduct of Patentees: pantomimes exploded;- the ill usage of authors considered. V. Some new and revived pieces reviewed. The new manner of acting pointed out. An account of drolls, farces, mock opera's, &c. Extracted from Shakespear's multilated and macerated remains, by the Little Charlatan of the present stage. VI. The rehearsal versed,- mimicry an abuse; specimens of modern genteel comedy. Ditto of modern tragedy. VII. The new manner of acting the chances, - and the morals of that play enquired into. VIII. Seneca,- callipedes, - and a reigning actor, compared. The cause of spouters, &c. Adorn'd wtih a frontpiece, and curious copper-plate.
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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Catalogue of the genuine and entire cabinet of choice and capital drawings, of the late John Duke of Argyll; Formed with superior taste and judgment during the period of a long life, in which every opportunity of improvement was eagerly embraced, without regard to expence, comprehending capital specimens of the works of the greatest masters of all the schools, particularly Raphael, Julio Romano, Claude, Berchem, Michael Angelo, The Zuccheri, Rembrandt, Vandyck, A. Del Sarto, Parmeggiano, Rubens, &c. &c. And A small collection of Patna Drawings; which will be sold by auction, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Philipe, At his Rooms, in Warwick Street, Golden Square, (adjoining the Chapel,) On Monday, the 21st of May, 1798, and Two following Days, At Twelve O'Clock. To be viewed Three Days preceding the Sale. - Catalogues (which are descriptive) to be had at the Rooms, and at No 5, Pall Mall Court, Price One Shilling.
Philipe, Thomas.Date: [1798]- Books
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Catalogue of the intire cabinet of capital drawings, collected by the late Greffier Francois Fagel, from the beginning of the Present Century, Not only out of the principal Cabinets that have been brought to marker, during that Period, but out of private Collections, comprising Choice Specimens of the Genuine Works of Leo. Da Vinci Michael Angelo Raphael Julio Romano Polidoro Correggio The Carracci Paolo Veronese Albert Durer Lucas Van Leyden Rubens Vandyck Jordaens Rembrandt Wouwermans Berghem Nicolo Poussin Cla. Lorraine Seb. le Clerc &c. &c. to which are added, Some Modern Italian Landschapes, belonging to the same Family: which will be sold by Auction, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Philipe, at his Rooms, in Warwick Street, Golden Square, adjoining the Chapel, On Monday, the 20th of May, 1799, and five following Days, At Twelve O'Clock. To be publicly viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the Sale. - Catalogues, Price 1s. 6d. to be had at the Rooms, and at No. 22, Golden Square.
Philipe, Thomas.Date: [1799]- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0000886 - C0000909
Date: 1999Reference: WT/B/11/1/24Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
Stomach cancer in a 58-year old man with gastric ulcer: (a) view of stomach from resected upper end and (b) view of opened specimen, from incision along greater curvature. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1950.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1950Reference: 33895iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Books
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The writer's time redeemed, and speaker's words recalled, By a Pen shap'd both for oral Expedition, and the most legible Plainness and Punctuality: or Annet's short-hand perfected, Further enlarged and improved, in a Method strikingly easy, and engaging to the meanest Capacity. In two parts. Part I. Contains the Characters classed in their alphabetical and derivative Order, together with the Rules of their Application, as far as necessary for the Student, Letter-Writer, Merchant, &c. to take down their own Thoughts, or the copying any Book or Manuscript, in as punctual and legible a Manner as in common Writing; and upon Occasion, of sufficient Expedition for the taking down a Sermon, Trial at Law, &c. as delivered at the Pulpit, Bar, &c. Part II. Contains Rules and Examples, with a special View to the following of a Speaker. - Together with sufficient Copper-Plate Specimens to both Parts. This Short-Hand will be of great Service to those who have already learned Byrom as well as Annet. By Thomas Hervey, of Underbarrow, near Kendal. Author of the English Climax.
Hervey, Thomas, Rev.Date: [1779?]- Books
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Transactions of the Nova-Scotia Literary and Scientific Society, January 4 to December 3, 1859.
Nova Scotia Literary and Scientific Society.Date: 1859- Books
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The candor and good-nature of Englishmen exemplified, in their deliberate, cautious, and charitable way of characterizing the customs, manners, constitution, and religion of neighbouring nations, of which their own Authors are every where produced as Vouchers;-Their moderate, equitable, and humane Mode of Governing States dependant on them; - their elevated, courteous, and conciliating Stile and Deportment, on all Occasions;-With, in particular, A true and well-supported Specimen of the ingenuous and liberal manner, in which they carry on Religious Controversy. To which are prefixed, proposals for printing by subscription, Eusebius or, essays on the principal virtues, vices, and passions. With some Account of that Work. By Thomas O Brien Mac Mahon, Author of an Essay on the Depravity of Human Nature, and other Publications.
M'Mahon, Thomas O'Brien.Date: 1777- Books
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Report as to the practice of medicine and surgery by unqualified persons in the United Kingdom / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty.
Date: 1910- Books
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Bibliotheca Pinelliana. A catalogue of the magnificent and celebrated library of Maffei Pinelli, Late of Venice: Comprehending an unparalleled Collection of the Greek, Roman, and Italian Authors, from the origin of printing: With many of the Earliest Editions printed upon Vellum, and finely illuminated; A considerable Number of curious Greek and Latin Manuscripts, of the XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. and XVI. Centuries; And the completest Specimen hitherto known to exist, of an Instrument written upon the Ancient Egyptian Papyrus, A. D. 572. The whole library is in singularly fine Preservation, And will be sold by auction, on Monday March 2, 1789, and the Twenty-Two following Days, (sundays excepted); The Sale afterwards to re-commence on Monday, April 20, and continue the following Thirty-Six Days (sundays excepted), at the Great Room, opposite the chapel, in Conduit Street, Hanover Square, London: To begin each Day at Twelve O'Clock. - To be viewed Ten Days preceding the Sale.
Date: 1789]- Books
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Illustration of British zoology. On May 1, 1799, will be published, The first number of an entirely new, complete, and elegant work, designed as a companion to the Natural Histories of British Birds and Insects: the Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions Of all the Species hitherto discovered in Great Britain; systematically arranged in the Linnean Manner, with Scientific and General observations on each. By E. Donovan, F. L. S. Author of the Natural Histories of British Birds, Insects, &c. &c. London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, No. 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard. Conditions: I. This Work shall be elegantly printed in Octavo, on a fine Wove Royal Paper, and Hot-Pressed. II. Three Plates shall be given in each Number, with Descriptions: they will be printed on Whatman's Drawing Paper, and correctly finished in Colours from perfect Specimens of the Shells - Price 2s. 6d. each Number. III. This Work shall be completed in Sixty Monthly Numbers. An Index for the systematic Arrangement will be given at the End of each Volume, containing Twelve Numbers.
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837.Date: 1799]- Pictures
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Mosquito breeding ground in a hole in a tree trunk: museum exhibit. Photograph, 1900/1930.
Date: 1900-1930Reference: 566729i- Books
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Proposals (with a specimen of the type) for printing by subscription, the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in Hebrew, in a neat pocket volume, corrected from the version published by Dr. Hutter, at Norimberg, 1599; and that by Dr. Robertson, at London, 1661. By the Rev. Richard Caddick, of Christ-Church College, Oxford. Conditions. I. The Work will be printed on a New Letter, cast for that purpose. II. The Price to Subscribers will be Ten Shillings and Sixpence. - The Money to be paid on the Delivery of the Book. III. This Work will correspond with Luesden's Greek and Latin Testament, which sells for Five Shillings; that Subscribers who chuse to bind them together, may have a Polyglot Testament, in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, for Fifteen Shillings and Sixpence. Subscribers Names received in London, by Rivingtons, G. G. & J. Robinson, White, T. Chapman, Lackington, Allen & Co. Bayne, Wingrave, Robson, Seatcherd, Egerton, Matthews, Otridge, Cawthorn, Bagster, Granger, Payne, Whitefield, Barns, Emsley & Bremner, Lee & Hurst, Champante & Whitrow; at Oxford, by Fletcher, Cook; Cambridge, by Deighton, Nicholson; Eton, Pote & Williams; Winchester, by J. Burdon; Dublin, by Archer, Burne, Dugdale; Edinburgh, by P. Hill, Bell, Bradfute, Creech, Ogle; Glasgow, by Brash and Reid; Aberdeen, by Brown; Bath, by Hazard; Bristol, by Mills, Brown; Ipswich, by Jounyn; Leyden, by Lutchmans; Hamburgh, by Rimnant; Rotterdam, by Holstein; and Dordrecht, by Blusse. - All Subscribers, who wish to have their Names printed, are desired to send them as above; or to the Editor, No. 4, Caddick-Row, White-Hall, London.
Date: 1798?]- Pictures
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An extinct parrot, Ara gossei, perched on a branch. Colour halftone after J. Smit.
Smit, Joseph, active 1890.Reference: 43237i- Books
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Hume's History of England, with Portraits. On Saturday, May 2, will be Published, Price one shilling, (to be continued Weekly till the whole is completed) No I. Containing Six Sheets of Letter-Press, and a Head of the Author engraved by Collyer, of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. By David Hume, Esq; With the Author's last Corrections and Improvements. Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand; and sold by T. Longman, No. 39, Paternoster-Row. Conditions. I. The Work will make Eight Volumes in Octavo, handsomely printed on a large Letter and on a Medium Paper. II. Each Number will contain Five or more Sheets, so that the whole may not exceed Forty-Eight Numbers, at One Shilling each. III. In the course of the Work will be given a series of Portraits of the different Sovereigns of England from the Conquest to the Revolution, engraved from original Pictures by Hall, Sherwin, Heath, Collyer, &c. &c. and ornamented with new emblematical Designs by Stothard. IV. In the course of publication will be given an Account of the Life of the Author written by Himself, and a copious Index. V. Most of the Plates are already finished, and Specimens of the Print, Paper, and Engravings, may be seen at the Publisher's. - In order to form a complete History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Second, the Proprietors intend to publish, immediately after Mr. Hume's History is completed, in Weekly Numbers, Dr. Smollett's History from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second; and that the Paper, Print, and Portraits shall in every respect correspond with the above Work.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.Date: 1782]- Pictures
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Reference: 11810iPart of: Arithmetic- Archives and manuscripts
French Medical and Surgical Compendium, 18th century
Date: 1737-1738Reference: MS.7217- Pictures
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Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Date: [1749]Reference: 34153i- Pictures
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A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Date: [1749]Reference: 34161i