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A woman looking up at a hand holding a microscope slide; representing the fight against cancer. Colour lithograph after P. Chonneaux.

A target, a microscope, and a microscope slide; representing a revolution in medicine leading to the cure of cancer. Gouache by E. Capet, 1938.

John Hunter's microscope slides / By Jessie Dobson.

Malaria: taking a blood sample from a patient's finger on to a microscope slide to diagnose a possible case of malaria in Mexico. Colour lithograph, 195-(?).

Gynaecological illness as a result of medical experiments in Auschwitz concentration camp. Histological specimens, photographs and documentation by F.B. Lammes, 1978-2002.

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Gynaecological illness as a result of medical experiments in Auschwitz concentration camp. Histological specimens, photographs and documentation by F.B. Lammes, 1978-2002.