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M0000117: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

Engraving portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), French surgeon, created by W. Holl.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000002-M0000124

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0000002: china lip salve pot

M0000003: pair of antimony vases and a china lip salve pot

M0000004: yellow stone vase

M0000005: Syrian collyrium vessel

M0000006: black, wooden stibium pot with ivory base and stick

M0000007: Egyptian alabasta ointment jar

M0000008: Whalebone probang

M0000009: manicure knife from Bunyoro, Western Uganda

M0000010: Tibetan toilette instruments and Hindu surgical instrument

M0000011: Three toilette instruments

M0000012: pomander brush

M0000013: Two pouches containing an amulet and a charm

M0000014: Egyptian marble ointment pot

M0000015: Egyptain carved ivory tube

M0000016: Chinese massage roller

M0000017: Egyptian wooden hairpin and toilette box

M0000018: African wooden statue depicting a woman holding her breasts

M0000019: three carved ivory combs

M0000020: two double edged combs

M0000021: four Etruscan pots on a stand

M0000022: set of 19 Roman hairpins

M0000023: carved figure with child breast-feeding

M0000024: mounted carving depicting two male circumcision figures

M0000025: incised tablet depicting Graeco-Egyptian Obstetrical Instruments.

M0000026: two pear shaped, stone cast votive offerings

M0000027: three Roman votive offerings carved in the shape of penises

M0000028: Two Roman votive offerings carved in stone

M0000029: Pair of surgical forceps, modern.

M0000030: Mounted selection of replicas instruments used for incisions

M0000031: Pair of old bone forceps, ancient.

M0000032: White stone caste with EICIAC EV carved

M0000033: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000034: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000035: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000036: Toi moko: head of a Maori, with moko (tattoo) markings

M0000037: Leather ring used in artificial deformation

M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use

M0000039: Lip plug for artificial deformation of the lip

M0000040: Two lip plugs used for artificial deformation the lips

M0000041: Shaped piece of bone used for artificial deformation of the ear lobe

M0000042: Four decorative knives

M0000043: Four sharp tools

M0000044: Carved figure showing the birth of a child

M0000045: Model of a Chinese shoe

M0000046: Apparatus used in artificial deformation of the head

M0000047: Piece of stone with channel all around for distending the ear

M0000048: Shaped piece of wood for distending the lower lip

M0000050: Carved ivory penis sheath

M0000051: German cabinet

M0000052: Back scratcher in the shape of a hand

M0000053: painted pot decorated with a person being given an enema

M0000054: painted pot decorated with a person being given an enema

M0000055: straw covered glass jar

M0000056: shaped glass beaker

M0000057: tumbler-style measuring beaker

M0000058: shaped glass beaker

M0000059: mounted diptych of the birth of Rostam

M0000060: mounted illustration of a Cesarean operation, 15th century

M0000061: syringe with wooden casing

M0000062: syringe with oval metal container

M0000063: syringe with oval metal container and metal handle

M0000064: side view of a carved bowl for receiving the afterbirth, Maori, New Zealand.

M0000065: bottom view of a carved bowl for receiving the afterbirth, Maori, New Zealand.

M0000066: House in Viterbe, Italy

M0000067: Earthen field oven with metal cooking equipment on a British military camp

M0000068: View of the Isola Tiberina and Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000069: Abdul Hassan, a guide

M0000070: The Roman latrines at Dougga, Tunisia

M0000071: Statues of Aesculapius and Telesphore, Musee Lavigerie, Carthage

M0000072: Musii Lavigerie, Aesculapius and Telesphore, Carthage

M0000073: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000074: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000075: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000076: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000077: Lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000078: Guide on lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000079: Lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000080: Lava still smoking, Mascali, Sicily

M0000081: The lava flow and remnants of the town of Mascali, Sicily

M0000082: The surgeon's house, Pompeii, Italy

M0000083: The gymnasium of the Baths, Pompeii, Italy

M0000084: Fresco showing a man having an arrow extracted and the wound dressed, Pompeii

M0000085: Fresco showing a man having an arrow extracted and the wound dressed, Pompeii

M0000086: Exterior of the Scala Sancte, Rome, Italy

M0000087: Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy

M0000088: new excavations at Herculaneum, Naples, Italy

M0000089: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000090: Ponti Fabricio, leading to San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000091: view of the Church of San Bastolomeo, Rome

M0000092: view of the Church of San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000093: view of the Church of San Bastolomeo, Rome

M0000094: Convent of San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000095: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000096: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000097: proprietor of house in Castelmola, Sicily where ex-votos were obtained.

M0000098: Interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000099: exterior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000100: interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000101: A weekly market, Rome, Italy.

M0000102: interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000118: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

M0000119: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

M0000120: portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), physician

M0000122: colophon page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000123: dedication page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000124: verso of dedication page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000117: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

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