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History, 19th Century

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2,672 images from works
  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.
  • A balsam plant (Impatiens species): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Plate III. The surgical dissection of the thorax and the episternal region. Delegation of the primary aortic branches.
  • A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • The hot baths and infirmary, Bath. Steel engraving by J.B. Allen, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • A flowering alpine milkwort (Polygala chamaebuxus var. grandiflora). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.
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Works from the collections

9,217 works

    • Student dissertations

    "The parish of St George-the-martyr is a veritable hospital town" : medical treatment available to the Holborn poor during the second half of the nineteenth century / Jacqueline Watson.

    Watson, Jacqueline. | Date: 2008
    • Books

    Die Anatomie in Bern von 1896/97 : zur Gesamtrenovation 1984-88 / Urs Boschung [and others].

    | Date: [1989]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. Line engraving by Lester, 1810, after R. Dighton.

    Robert Dighton | Date: June 1810 | Reference: 16411i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

    Henri L'Evêque | Date: 2 May 1814 | Reference: 15793i
    • Books

    The education of early nineteenth century American physicians : with relevance to the intercession attempts on the smallpox virus, with focus on the smallpox epidemic of 1837--1838 / by Eric Paul Matthews.

    Matthews, Eric Paul, 1973- | Date: 2008
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