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Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.
Laar, Arnold van deDate: 2018- 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 H. Heath, 1827.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: July 1827Reference: 11809i- 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- Pictures
An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 12 February 1811Reference: 16984iPart of: Tegg's caricatures- Videos
The men who made us thin. Part 2.
Date: 2013- Videos
The men who made us thin. Part 3.
Date: 2013- Videos
The men who made us fat. Part 2.
Date: 2012- Pictures
Two fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee with the Duke of Norfolk sitting between them holding their hands as he holds a wine glass in one hand while gazing at one of them. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585503i- Pictures
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Doctor Jukes pumping the stomach of Sir W. Curtis, several other aldermen wait to be operated on; representing the gross appetites of some civic dignitaries. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 26 February 1824Reference: 12220i- Books
To my patients : the waters of Vichy / by Gustave Monod.
Monod, Gustave, 1803-1890Date: [1931?]- Archives and manuscripts
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph (1791-1865)
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865, surgeon and antiquaryDate: 1807-1864Reference: MSS.3666, 3860-3867, 5371-5372, 5979-5981, 7406 & MS.MSL.129- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0010149 - C0012901
Date: c.2000-c.2002Reference: WT/B/11/1/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1956-2006 : the house that John built / edited by Terrence Forrester, David Picou, Susan Walker.
Date: 2006, ©2007- Books
Understanding new, resurgent, and resistant diseases : how man and globalization create and spread illness / Kurt Link.
Link, Kurt, 1937-Date: 2007- Pictures
Dissecting aneurysm in a female patient with gross congestive heart failure: section of (a) completely calcified aortic valve, (b) ascending aorta with dilatation and coarctation, producing a double aorta, seen in section (c), below the clot with a painful endothelium lining. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1956.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1956Reference: 35550iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Books
Stuffed and starved : from farm to fork, the hidden battle for the world food system / Raj Patel.
Patel, RajDate: [2013]- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1930-1931Reference: WF/M/GB/30/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1919-1921Reference: WF/M/GB/30/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
Broadmoor.
Date: 2014