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King George IV having his gouty foot massaged by his mistress Marchioness of Hertford while his wife Queen Caroline listens in the doorway. Coloured etching, ca. 1820.
Reference: 11203i- Books
Liber chronicarum / [Hartmann Schedel].
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514.Date: 1493- Pictures
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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.Reference: 21248i- Pictures
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Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 1 January 1830Reference: 12230i- Pictures
The gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the King's attempt to withdraw from public ridicule. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 15 March 1824Reference: 12219i- Pictures
A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
Sneyd, John.Date: 14 March 1803Reference: 12191i- Pictures
King William IV dressed as a sailor dances in the centre of a semicircle of ministers who have black bodies and are partially draped. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1830.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 19 July 1830Reference: 608213i- Books
Ecclesiastica historia divi Eusebii et ecclesiastica historia gentis Anglorum venerabilis Bede / cum utrarumque historiarum per singulos libros recollecta capitulorum annotatione.
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340.Date: 1506]- Pictures
Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [22 December 1726]Reference: 17342i- Pictures
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John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 2 May 1831Reference: 12234iPart of: HB Sketches- Archives and manuscripts
Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum; Sidrach, De la vertu des pierres précieuses et des herbes
Date: Early 14th centuryReference: MS.457- Pictures
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The announcing angel salutes the Virgin. Engraving.
Reference: 21704i- Archives and manuscripts
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"Versehung des Leibs" (incomplete), followed by a "Practica" in prose (by Bartholomaeus Salernitanus [& others]?)
Louffenberg, Heinrich von, 1391-1460.Date: c.1475Reference: MS.438Part of: Louffenberg, Heinrich von (1391-1460)- Archives and manuscripts
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Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum; Johannes de Sancto Paulo, De simplicium medicinarum virtutibus and Flores dietarum
Date: 1478Reference: MS.458- Archives and manuscripts
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Livre des simples médecines, in French
Date: c. 1470Reference: MS.626- Archives and manuscripts
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Collection of medical and pharmacological treatises
Date: c.1430-1434Reference: MS.105- Archives and manuscripts
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Petrus Hispanus, Thesaurus pauperum, in Italian
Petrus HispanusDate: 1451Reference: MS.617