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Gold touch-piece of Charles I.

Gold touch-piece of Charles I.

On the sense of touch, or Physiology and philosophy opposed to materialism and atheism

Smith, John Augustine, 1782-1865.

Date: 1837

An old woman and a child warming their hands from a fire; representing the sense of touch. Line engraving by P. Quast.

Quast, Pieter Jansz., 1606-1647.

Date: [between 1630 and 1639?]

A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.

Franchoys, Lucas, 1616-1681.

Date: 1600-1699

Two gold-touch pieces of James I. Obverse and reverse shown (actual size).

Two gold touch-pieces of Elizabeth I. Obverse and reverse shown. (Actual size)

On the cure of scrofulous diseases attributed to the Royal Touch.

Hussey, Edward Law, 1816-1899.

Date: [1853]

Molyneux's question : vision, touch, and the philosophy of perception

Morgan, Michael J.

Date: 1977

A free and impartial enquiry into the antiquity and efficacy of touching for the cure of the King's Evil written some time since, in two letters: the one to Dr. Steigertahl ... the other to Sir Hans Sloane ... To which is added, a collection of records

Beckett, William, 1684-1738.

Date: 1722

A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.

Date: 1st May, 1830

An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.

Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781.

Date: 1775

D. Ernestvs Henricvs Weber ... Procancellarivs panegyrin medicam in avditorio ivridico die XXXI. M. Maii A.C. [MD]CCCXXXIII celebrandam indicit : Annotationes anatomicae et physiologicae. Prol. XIX.

Weber, Ernst Heinrich, 1795-1878.

Date: [1833]

Über die Raumwahrnehmungen des Tastsinnes : ein Beitrag zur experimentellen Psychologie

Date: 1898

Annotationes anatomicae et physiologicae. Prol. VII.

Weber, Ernst Heinrich, 1795-1878.

Date: [1830]

Über die Raumwahrnehmungen des Tastsinnes : ein Beitrag zur experimentellen Psychologie

Henri, Victor, 1872-1940.

Date: 1898

A barber-surgeon operating on a man's head; representing the sense of touch. Engraving, 16--.

A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

Teniers, David, 1610-1690.

Date: 1761

Studies in the psychology of sex. [Vol.4], Sexual selection in man : I. Touch, II. Smell, III. Hearing, IV. Vision

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.

Date: [1905], ©1905

Untersuchungen über die sinnesfunctionen der menschlichen haut : 1. abhandlung: Druckempfindung und schmerz

Frey, Max von, 1852-1932.

Date: 1896

Die Lehre vom Tastsinne und Gemeingefühle auf Versuche gegründet

Weber, Ernst Heinrich, 1795-1878.

Date: 1851

Untersuchungen uber die Sinnesfunctionen der menschlichen Haut. Erste Abhandlung: Druckempfindung und Schmerz

Frey, Max von, 1852-1932.

Date: 1896

A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.

A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Busby, Thomas Lord.

Date: [1826?]

A man vomiting after overeating and drinking; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by J.J. Kleinschmidt after Jan van de Velde the younger.

Velde, Jan van de, 1593-1641.

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