(Recto) a man is cut by the sharp nails of his female companion who has AIDS; (verso) information on how to deal with serious accidents when HIV positive. Colour lithograph by Oliver Koss, 1995, for the Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA in Togo.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah riding a coach horse knocks Dr. Slop off his pony into a pond, a sign to Shandy Hall hangs over him. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

The anatomy of accidents. No.1, Right and wrong.

Low-cost Mycil highly effective in athlete's foot : accidents and the British.

Joseph McCarogher. Lithograph by F. Pistrucci.

The physician as Christ. Line engraving after H. Goltzius.

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

The anatomy of accidents. No.6, Inside story.

A surgeon bandaging an elderly man's knee in a street surrounded by a group of onlookers. Colour process print after R. Caldecott.

A sailor setting the broken leg of another sailor after an accident on deck. Halftone after F. Brangwyn, 1895.

A surgeon bandaging a patient's knee after applying a cautery, a clergy man and a wealthy patron (?) are observing the situation. Engraving.

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; image 17.4 x 23 cm

Injury : a leading cause of the global burden of disease, 2000 / edited by Peden M., McGee K., and Krug E.

Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

1 print : lithograph, printed in blue, black and white ; sheet 43.9 x 30.1 cm

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Accidents

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Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

Injury : a leading cause of the global burden of disease, 2000 / edited by Peden M., McGee K., and Krug E.

Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

(Recto) a man is cut by the sharp nails of his female companion who has AIDS; (verso) information on how to deal with serious accidents when HIV positive. Colour lithograph by Oliver Koss, 1995, for the Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA in Togo.

Accidents

Images from the collections

Images referencing Accidents

Works from the collections

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

Injury : a leading cause of the global burden of disease, 2000 / edited by Peden M., McGee K., and Krug E.

Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

(Recto) a man is cut by the sharp nails of his female companion who has AIDS; (verso) information on how to deal with serious accidents when HIV positive. Colour lithograph by Oliver Koss, 1995, for the Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA in Togo.

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