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A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: [1828?]Reference: 12079i- Pictures
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Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Watercolour after J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11754i- Pictures
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A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.Date: [1912?]Reference: 24009i