Amputation instruments and apparatus.

Surgical instruments and apparatus. Engraving with etching.

Surgical instruments and apparatus, including an air pump vapour bath. Engraving by Campbell.

Jencons (Scientific) Limited : apparatus and instruments for science and industry, laboratory, medical and glassworking equipment.

A reference list of surgical instruments and medical appliances, orthopædic and deformity apparatus, hospital furniture and equipment, electro-medical and surgical apparatus, etc / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

Instruments and apparatus of restraints used in Hanwell.

Surgical instruments, including lithotomy forceps and Mr. Brockedon's apparatus for weak knee joints. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

Above, surgical instruments and apparatus to cure a fractured humerus; below, Huso, the Isinglass fish. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.

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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

The psychology of Ouija

A brief history of ventilation

The building as tool of healing

'Mallam's vaccinators' made by Arnold and Sons, London.

'Mallam's vaccinator', made by Arnold and sons, London

M0000831: two folding lancets and case previously belonging to Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

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'Mallam's vaccinators' made by Arnold and Sons, London.

'Mallam's vaccinator', made by Arnold and sons, London

M0000831: two folding lancets and case previously belonging to Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

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Stories

Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

The psychology of Ouija

A brief history of ventilation

The building as tool of healing

Images

Catalogue

'Mallam's vaccinators' made by Arnold and Sons, London.

'Mallam's vaccinator', made by Arnold and sons, London

M0000831: two folding lancets and case previously belonging to Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.