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Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.
Sheringham, John, Lieutenant.Date: Augt 28 1821Reference: 662347i
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Rest in pieces : the curious fates of famous corpses / Bess Lovejoy.
Lovejoy, Bess.Date: [2013], ©2013
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Emma Page, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938.Date: [1873]Reference: 35142i
Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients.
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A doctor suggests to an exhausted patient that he commit theft and spend some time locked in a police cell in order to regain his health. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1878.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1878Reference: 13817i
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A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
A., F., active 1828.Date: Jany. 23 1828Reference: 36373i
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An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 17577i
Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
Archives and manuscripts
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Lomotey, Michael Naku
Date: 29/08/2009Reference: TP1/A/1290
Part of: One and Other Project
Archives and manuscripts
Notes and memoranda detailing London premises used in the early days of Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
Date: 1914-1940Reference: WF/M/H/06/04
Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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The risk society and beyond : critical issues for social theory / edited by Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon.
Date: 2000
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A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
Austin, William, 1720-1820.Date: May 1773Reference: 25668i
Part of: Nature display'd both serious & comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esq.r
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A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1 February 1751Reference: 26961i
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What we talk about when we talk about clone club : bioethics and philosophy in Orphan Black / Gregory E. Pence, PhD.
Pence, Gregory E.Date: [2016]
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Matthew Barwick. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1935?]Reference: 729116i
Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.
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Grace Ndiritu : an absolute river / authors: Dr. Jason Allen-Paisant, Kirsty Flockhart, Sanya Malik, Lorenzo Menegazzo, Livia Nervi, Fei Xu, Mala Yamey, Wan Kit Yeung, Jieyi Zhang ; edited by Mala Yamey, Jieyi Zhang.
Allen-Paisant, JasonDate: 2022
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Claybury Mental Hospital: mentally ill men walking in the grounds. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1935?]Reference: 2897554i
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In the wake of the compendia : infrastructural contexts and the licensing of empiricism in ancient and medieval Mesopotamia / edited by J. Cale Johnson.
Date: [2015]
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A tempestuous sea with a man chasing a boat.
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1935?]Reference: 663468i
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A cross amidst trees and flames
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1932-1935?]Reference: 690011i
Archives and manuscripts
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Sterilisation male and female, Unwanted Pregnancy, Population, Battering, Overviews
Date: 1964-1974Reference: SA/ALR/D.22
Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association
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Part of Claybury Mental Hospital seen from the grounds. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1935?]Reference: 729115i
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A man hurtles to earth where strange beasts roam and a man's half-devoured skeleton lies.
Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945.Date: [1935?]Reference: 729114i
Archives and manuscripts
Patient Case Files and Patient Data
Date: 1927-1998Reference: PP/LOW/ZB
Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld
Videos
How much is your dead body worth?.
Date: 2008
Archives and manuscripts
Scientific, Experimental, Perception and Behaviour
Date: 1936-1980Reference: PSY/HEA/3/10
Part of: Hearnshaw, Leslie Spencer (1907-1991)

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Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.

Rest in pieces : the curious fates of famous corpses / Bess Lovejoy.

Emma Page, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.

A doctor suggests to an exhausted patient that he commit theft and spend some time locked in a police cell in order to regain his health. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1878.

A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.

An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.

Lomotey, Michael Naku

Notes and memoranda detailing London premises used in the early days of Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

The risk society and beyond : critical issues for social theory / edited by Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon.

A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

What we talk about when we talk about clone club : bioethics and philosophy in Orphan Black / Gregory E. Pence, PhD.

Matthew Barwick. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.

Grace Ndiritu : an absolute river / authors: Dr. Jason Allen-Paisant, Kirsty Flockhart, Sanya Malik, Lorenzo Menegazzo, Livia Nervi, Fei Xu, Mala Yamey, Wan Kit Yeung, Jieyi Zhang ; edited by Mala Yamey, Jieyi Zhang.

Claybury Mental Hospital: mentally ill men walking in the grounds. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.

In the wake of the compendia : infrastructural contexts and the licensing of empiricism in ancient and medieval Mesopotamia / edited by J. Cale Johnson.

A tempestuous sea with a man chasing a boat.

A cross amidst trees and flames

Sterilisation male and female, Unwanted Pregnancy, Population, Battering, Overviews

Part of Claybury Mental Hospital seen from the grounds. Drawing by T. Hennell, ca. 1935.

A man hurtles to earth where strange beasts roam and a man's half-devoured skeleton lies.

Patient Case Files and Patient Data

How much is your dead body worth?.

Scientific, Experimental, Perception and Behaviour