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Then & now comparisons

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  • Henry S. Tanner before the start of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by Herr & Co., 1880.
  • Top, a doctor is handing medicine to a woman whose husband has influenza; middle, in a theatre the woman and the man are attending a film or lecture about the medicine, showing that it eliminates the influenza bacillus; bottom, in a bus or train a woman is giving a pill to her travelling companion, while other passengers suffer from influenza. Process print after Leonhard Fries.
  • Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
  • Oliver Cromwell (left) and the Protector kneeling with his head on the lap of Britannia (right): two roundels. Engraving, 1739.
  • Mrs Bennett, afflicted with a skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
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    Contrasts in drinking of alcoholic beverages: a tavern from 1553 is contrasted with a gin-palace of 1847, temperance with drunkenness, and luxury with poverty. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).

    Limner, Luke, 1822-1912. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 35846i
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    A woman with a headache, and the same woman without a headache after taking the "Calmante Fort" painkiller. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.

    | Date: [1950?] | Reference: 46904i
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    People in contrasting situations. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).

    Limner, Luke, 1822-1912. | Date: [1849] | Reference: 35849i
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    In a lady's bedchamber a young woman struggles as a man pulls her towards him clutching at her dress. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: Decm:br: ye: 15th 1736 | Reference: 38348i
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    A diabetic man, emaciated, before treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.

    | Date: 1925 | Reference: 568185i
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