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Woodcut from Theodorus Priscianus; H?alaf ibn 'Abba?s Abu? al-Qa?sim al- al-Zahra?wi?: Octavii Horatiani Rerum medicarum libri quatuor…, 1532. Related images: M0007902, M0007903.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0007886-M0007989

3 photographs glass plate negative, slide transparency and photographic print; range in size from 10 x 12.5 cm to 12 x 16.5 cm

M0007886: Sir Henry Wellcome's Diploma, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1874

M0007887: Portrait of Paolo Boccone (1633-1704)

M0007888: Portrait of Albertus Seba (1665-1736)

M0007889: Portrait of Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654-1720)

M0007890: A surgeon performing an amputation of the leg in the 17th century

M0007891: Leg amputation, from Cicero: Officia M. T. C. (1531)

M0007892: Leg amputation, from Marchetti: Philosophi ac medici Patauini equitis (1675)

M0007893: Leg amputation, from Barbette: Medicinische, chirurgische und antomische Schrifften (1692)

M0007895B: Surgery and leg amputation, from Schenck: Paratereseon sive observationum medicarum (1609)

M0007896: Portrait of Johannes Schenck, from Schenck: Paratereseon sive observationum medicarum (1609)

M0007897: Illustrations and text from Butlan: Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

M0007898: Illustrations and text from Butlan: Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

M0007899: Balneotherapy illustrations and text from Butlan: Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

M0007900: Illustrations and text from Butlan: Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

M0007902: Leg amputation

M0007903: Arrow extraction

M0007904: Medical scenes and portraits, from Joel: Opera Medica (1663)

M0007905: Title page of Fabricius Hildanus: Opera quae extant omnia, (1646)

M0007906: Fabricius Hildanus: Opera quae extant omnia, (1646), page 342

M0007907: Fabricius Hildanus: Opera quae extant omnia, (1646), page 483

M0007909: A physician tending to a sick man in bed and a surgeon amputating a man's leg

M0007911: Danish apothecary, 17th century

M0007912: Danish apothecary, 17th century

M0007913: Historiated initial decorated with a physician holding a urine flask

M0007914: Mandrake, manuscript illustration

M0007915: Mandrake, manuscript illustration

M0007916: Prescription of Danish apothecary, 17th century

M0007917: Astrological Man, 17th century

M0007918: Astrological Man, 15th century

M0007919: Astrological Man, 14th century

M0007920: Wound-man (Wundenmann), 15th Century

M0007921: Wound-man (Wundenmann), 15th Century

M0007922: Gravida, illustration from Copenhagen manuscript

M0007923: Gravida, illustration from Copenhagen manuscript

M0007924: "Blood-letting man", manuscript illustration

M0007925: Manuscript illustration of a foetus in utero, 12th century

M0007926: Manuscript illustration of a foetus in utero, 12th century

M0007927: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007928: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007929: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007930: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007931: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007932: Astrological signs of the zodiac from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007933: Astrological symbols from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007934: Astrological symbols and animals from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007935: Astrological symbols and animals from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007936: Creatures from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007937: Creatures from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007938: Creatures from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007939: Creatures from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007940: Creatures from a 15th century Persian manuscript

M0007941: Unicorn and two dogs beneath tree, manuscript illustration

M0007942: The capture and killing of a unicorn, manuscript illustration

M0007943: A leper, c.1500, from Salzman: English life in the middle ages (1926)

M0007944: Manor Farmyard, c.1460

M0007945: A 15th century street

M0007946: Market Stalls, c.1460

M0007948: University lecture, c.1400, from Salzman: English life in the middle ages (1926)

M0007949: Illustration of Der "Laxierkalender", 1457

M0007950: Tomb of Mondino de Luzzi

M0007951: Fresco from Santa Maria della Scala, Siena depicting the care and management of the sick

M0007952: Portrait of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

M0007953: Faith healing illustration

M0007954: Part of the Cloister Library at Gloucester Cathedral

M0007955: The martyrdom of Saint Thomas

M0007956: Line illustration of a saint's bones unearthed

M0007957: Relief of Pietro D'Abano (c.1257-1316), Italian professor of medicine

M0007958: Saint Peter giving the stole to Pope Leo III

M0007959: The Caraval of Columbus

M0007960: Map of the voyages of Columbus and Cabot

M0007961: Portrait of Johannes Gutenberg (c.1400-1468)

M0007962: Hospital at Angers, France

M0007963: Plan of L'Hopital de Tonnerre.

M0007964: L'Hopital de Tonnerre, transversal view.

M0007965: A bound foot demonstrating the Chinese custom of foot binding

M0007966: Beaune, Hotel-Dieu, France

M0007967: Infirmary du Tortoir (Aisne), 15th century

M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: A Short History of Medicine (1928)

M0007969: Four Temperaments: Melancholy, the Sanguine Man, Choleric and the Phlegmatic Man, from Singer: A Short History of Medicine (1928)

M0007970: Procession Banners used by St. Bartholomew's Hospital

M0007971: Historiated initial decorated with Brother John Cok

M0007972: Saint Gregor receiving inspiration from a dove

M0007973: Illustration of a monk

M0007974:Scultpures of King David and Solomon

M0007975: Sculptures of an angel and Saint Helena

M0007976: Saint Benedict, from Salzman: English life in the middle ages (1926)

M0007977: A freemason and a carpenter; from Salzman: English life in the middle ages (1926)

M0007978: Shrine of St. Ursula at Bruges, from Wall: Shrines of British Saints

M0007979: Pilgrims sign: Saint Thomas of Canterbury, from Wall: Shrines of British Saints

M0007980: Shrine of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, from Wall: Shrines of British Saints

M0007981: Hospital of St. Thomas of Canterbury, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007982: Harbledown Hospital, near Canterbury, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007983: Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007984: Two 13th century seals, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007985: Plan of a leper hospital of St Giles, London, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007986: Savoy Hospital, London, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007987: St. Mary's Hospital, Chichester, from Clay: The medieval hospitals of England

M0007988: Title page of a book printed in 1500, works by de Chauliac and Albucasis and two Arabian treatise

M0007989: Image from Bernard de Gordon: Lilio de Medicina

M0007901: Cauterization scene and instruments

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