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People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

Trye-Maison, G. de, active approximately 1910.

Date: [1910?]

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Teniers, David, 1610-1690.

Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.

Page, active 1775.

Fire-stick from Hawaiian Islands in Edge Partington

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.

Morbus anglicanus sanatus, or, A remarkable cure of an inveterate scurvy ...

Date: 1766

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Clerk, William.

Date: 1854

An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body

Earle, James, Sir, 1755-1817.

Date: 1803

Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts

Dr Henry Oakeley

A full and authentic report of the trial of Jonathan Martin at the Castle of York, on Tuesday, March 31, 1829, for setting fire to York Minister; with an account of the life of the lunatic. The destruction of the choir of York Cathedral, on the second of February, 1829; the flight and apprehension of the incendiary; his examination and commitment to York city gaol; the proceedings at public meetings held at York, in consequence of the fire; embellished with a striking likeness of Martin and a ground plan of the minister.

Date: 1829

A young girl sits spinning by the fire, opposite her sits a woman with her head in her hands. Engraving by Erh. Pickel after B. Vautier.

Vautier, B. 1829-1898.

Date: 1800-1899

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

Descos, Aubin Emile Coullard.

Date: 1856

The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.

Mixing Medicine from Das Buch der Cirurgia

Hieronymus Brunschwig

Moxibustion, 'Riding the Bamboo Horse', Chinese woodcut

Theory of diseases treated with White Tiger decoction

Mid C20 Chinese medical illustration in trad. style: Smallpox

Attributes of Brahma, Tantric Banner.

Specification of Thomas Preston, junior : fire-places for steam boilers.

Preston, Thomas, junior.

Date: 1854

Illustrations including Bamboo fire implement and drill bored

Specification of William Brunton : fire grates, &c.

Brunton, William.

Date: 1854

An old lady is enraged when her cats disturb her stoking the fire. Etching by W. S. Howitt.

Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.

Date: September 1810

Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Teniers, David, 1610-1690.

Firemen standing around the circumferance of a large orange condom as though it was a safety net; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Gapa RS. Colour lithograph by Chitolina, ca. 1996.

Date: [1996?]

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