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The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.

A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.

A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.

A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A young man and a woman finish painting a poster advertisement about AIDS featuring a body with crossed out symbols; a young man and woman on the left discuss the issues raised in the poster with their colleagues; an advertisement about AIDS and youths by Federal Agency for Clear Health, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph, 1988.

A commentary of medical and moral life, or, Mind and the emotions, considered in relation to health, disease, and religion. / By William Cooke.

The four qualities, elements, humours and temperaments. Drawing, 19--.

Hygrologie, ou : Exposé chimico-physiologique des humeurs contenues dans le corps humain / par Joseph-Jacques Plenck ; traduit du latin par Félix Pitt.

Physiology of the kidney and body fluids : an introductory text / Robert F. Pitts.

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Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

A commentary of medical and moral life, or, Mind and the emotions, considered in relation to health, disease, and religion. / By William Cooke.

The four qualities, elements, humours and temperaments. Drawing, 19--.

Hygrologie, ou : Exposé chimico-physiologique des humeurs contenues dans le corps humain / par Joseph-Jacques Plenck ; traduit du latin par Félix Pitt.

Physiology of the kidney and body fluids : an introductory text / Robert F. Pitts.