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Aphasia and drawing elephants
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Printing the body
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Are doctors medical detectives?
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The Key to Memory: Use art to articulate
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Twenty five actions of the manage horse, engrav'd by Josephus Sympson, from original drawings of Mr. John Vanderbanck: To which are added, two of the English hunter; With the Figure of a Fine Horse measured from the Life, shewing all the Proportions: as also A Draught of the true Shape of the Branch; with short Remarks on some Parts of Horsemanship.
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739.Date: 1729- Pictures
[Drawing of a human figure at a piano].
Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971Date: [1950?-1971?]Reference: 3215998iPart of: Squiggles. Drawings by D.W. Winnicott.- Pictures
Two views of a woman in labour with a male figure standing by her side holding her hand.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: 1987Reference: 3329263i.21Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.- Pictures
A woman in labour lying in bed with an unidentified figure standing next to her, touching her pregnany bump.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: 1987Reference: 3329263i.29Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.- Pictures
A woman in labour lying in bed with her eyes closed, holding onto the hand of an unidentified figure.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: 1987Reference: 3329263i.12Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.