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ix, 121 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : photographic prints, woodcuts. ; 21 cm

Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.

1 print : wood engraving ; image and border 24.7 x 17.8 cm

Death as a lethal confectioner making up sweets using arsenic and plaster of Paris as ingredients; representing the toxic adulteration of sweets in the 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1858.

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Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.

Death as a lethal confectioner making up sweets using arsenic and plaster of Paris as ingredients; representing the toxic adulteration of sweets in the 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1858.

Specification of William Edward Hollands and Nicholas Whitaker Greene : manufacture of artificial fuel in blocks.

Plaster of Paris and how to use it / by Martin W. Ware.

Specification of James Stocken : plaster spatula.

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Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.

Death as a lethal confectioner making up sweets using arsenic and plaster of Paris as ingredients; representing the toxic adulteration of sweets in the 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1858.

Specification of William Edward Hollands and Nicholas Whitaker Greene : manufacture of artificial fuel in blocks.

Plaster of Paris and how to use it / by Martin W. Ware.

Specification of James Stocken : plaster spatula.

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