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St. Pancras baths and washhouses: interior bath, street entrance to the building, superior bath, wringing machine, ironing and drying-room, hot air machine and washing-room. Wood engravings, 1846.
Date: Saturday 3 January 1846Reference: 35632i- Pictures
A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 35974i- Pictures
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Food being served by charitable ladies to poor women in Paris. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
Morin, Edmond, 1824-1882.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 29276i- Pictures
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The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17011i- Pictures
A poor painter and his family moving house in Paris. Engraving by C. Duflos le jeune, 1757, after E. Jeaurat.
Jeaurat, Etienne, 1699-1789.Date: [1757]Reference: 2535443i- Pictures
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A rich man and his servant hand out food and alms to the poor and hungry. Etching by A. Chataignier and C. Niquet after V.M. Langlois after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690Reference: 17778iPart of: Galerie du Musée Napoléon.- Pictures
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Saint Benedict: a poor peasant, enslaved by Zalla, a Goth brigand, is brought before the saint, who frees him from his restraints. Engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Garbieri.
Garbieri, Lorenzo, 1580-1654.Reference: 3652i- Pictures
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Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.Reference: 16662iPart of: Les Robert-Macaire- Pictures
A poor mother carries a baby in a broken wooden crib and another child walks by her side. Etching by J. Dumont le Romain and engraving by J. Daullé, 1739, after J. Dumont le Romain.
Dumont, Jacques, 1701-1781.Date: 1739Reference: 28927i- Videos
The truth about HIV.
Date: 2017- Pictures
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Saint Bavo as Roman soldier is received as a Christian monk by Saint Amand and Saint Floribert at the entrance to St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent; left, his money is given to the poor. Lithograph after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 3061i- Videos
Drugs live. 2/2, The ecstasy trial.
Date: 2012- Pictures
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A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.Date: 1840Reference: 32029i- Pictures
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A man on a bench tells a policeman that his local hospital has no room for him, while other hospitals cannot help him because he is not local. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17063i- Videos
Don't panic. The truth about population.
Date: 2013- Books
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A six months tour through the North of England: containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed With Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects; Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. La seule vol de se procurer un corps complet Agriculture, seroit, sans doute, de rassembler les diverses observations quaeroient fourni dans chaque province. Encyclopedie. In Four Volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]-71- Film
Techniques of contraception.
Date: 1968- Archives and manuscripts
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Correspondence: L
Date: 1975-1978Reference: PP/CRI/D/1/3/11Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives- Pictures
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Results of the use of J.H. Vincent's antistreptococcal serum for septicaemia. Drawing by H. Vincent, 15 April 1934.
Vincent, H. (Hyacinthe), 1862-1950.Date: 1934Reference: 562260i- Pictures
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Results of the use of Professor H. Vincent's antistreptococcic serum for septicaemia. Drawing after H. Vincent, 1934.
Vincent, H. (Hyacinthe), 1862-1950.Date: 1934Reference: 562257i- Books
Food and public health : contemporary issues and future directions / edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper and Ulla Gustafsson.
Date: 2013- Books
The future of food : biotechnology markets and policies in an international setting / edited by Philip G. Pardey.
Date: [2001], ©2001- Archives and manuscripts
Publications, publicity, histories
Date: 1876-1998Reference: SA/QNI/PPart of: Queen's Nursing Institute