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The face of medicine : visualising medical masculinities in late nineteenth-century Paris / Mary Hunter.
Hunter, Mary, ProfessorDate: 2016- Pictures
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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i- Pictures
Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician examining a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block after A. Gill, 1872.
Gill, André, 1840-1885Date: 28 juillet 1872Reference: 657722i- Pictures
Telegram from Maurice Thorez declaring his intention to return home after his extended stay in the Soviet Union owing to the supposed superiority of Soviet over French medicine. Colour lithograph, 1953.
Date: [1953?]Reference: 642459i- Books
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History of intellectual development : on the lines of modern evolution / by John Beattie Crozier.
Crozier, John Beattie, 1849-1921.Date: 1897-1901- Pictures
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A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859.Date: 1828Reference: 16519i- Books
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Address to the sovereigns of Europe etc. etc. In two parts. By Obadia Prim. Part second. The first part contains an Appeal to the Sovereigns of Europe, to Proprietors, Merchants and all Well - wishers of social order - with a sketch of the Conduct of the Legislators of France during the Revolution. The second part contains a Letter to Bnonaparte on his Military and Political Conduct - To which are annexed I0 The principles of morality as decreed and acknowledged by the different legislative bodies of France. II0 A summary, in order of dates, of the most remarkable crimes committeed since the beginning of the Revolution - a table of the contributions, requisitions, forced loans etc.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: [1798]- Pictures
The game of goose applied to the life of king Henri IV and the Bourbon restoration. Engraving, 1816.
Date: [1816]Reference: 2969770i- Pictures
A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
Reference: 12160i- Books
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The substance of a late conference, between the French King, the Pretender, And one of their best Friends, (now in England). - Wherein, as in a true Glass, every one (that is not wilfully blind) may, by plain Matters of Fact, discover the real Sentiments, Endeavours and Hopes, of the Enemies of her Sacred Majesty Queen Ann, the Protestant Religion, and the Happy Constitution of Great Britain, with much more certainty, than if he had been personally present at their frequent Conference. Suppos'd to be intercepted as it came from France. Published by a Lover of Mankind in general, and of every Faithful Subject of Her Sacred Majesty's, in particular.
Date: 1710- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a Roman charioteer, sitting on a chariot drawn by the British lion and the white horse of Hanover, vanquishes the advocates of peace with France. Etching by J. Gillray, 1795.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 30 1795Reference: 585566i- Books
The legacy of nuclear power / Andrew Blowers.
Blowers, AndrewDate: 2017- Books
No need for geniuses : revolutionary science in the Age of the Guillotine / Steve Jones.
Jones, Steve, 1944-Date: 2016- Pictures
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Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 12 December [1790?]Reference: 12178i- Pictures
A pharmacist (Louis Phillippe) making up a prescription for a seated lady, surrounded by figures in apothecary jars; representing members of the French government and various political matters. Lithograph by J.I. Grandville, 1832.
Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.Date: [1832]Reference: 16136i- Archives and manuscripts
Glees - Gozsy
Date: 1950-1985Reference: PP/MLV/C/7/8Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
British Society for Social Responsibility in Science - Burian
Date: 1946-1976Reference: PP/MLV/C/2/15Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
General business correspondence
Date: April-June 1893Reference: WF/E/02/01/01/115Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Republic of women : rethinking the republic of letters in the seventeenth century / Carol Pal.
Pal, CarolDate: 2012- Pictures
Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
Date: 26 [month?] 1803Reference: 12205i- Pictures
N. Dubois de Chémant demonstrating his own and a woman's false teeth to a prospective male patient with disordered teeth. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: [26 February 1811]Reference: 16635i- Pictures
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A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
Date: [Feb 10 1763]Reference: 581173i- Pictures
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Napoleon as Emperor addressing the Senate on the glory of France and other matters. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1813.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 1 December 1813Reference: 38440i- Books
Earth summit : conversations with architects of an ecologically sustainable future / by Steve Lerner.
Lerner, Steve.Date: [1991], ©1991- Pictures
A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
Sneyd, John.Date: 14 March 1803Reference: 12191i