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Heart

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  • De affectionibus cordis libri tres / Hannibalis Albertinii.
  • A man with a scimitar, and a bleeding heart; representing the blood donation service run in Cuba by the Comité de Defensa de la Revolución. Colour silk screen print by S. Goire Castilla, 1987.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • People completing a jigsaw representing aid to AIDS victims in Hong Kong; an advertisement for the AIDS Hotline by the Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Three means to gain God's mercy: fasting, prayer and alms, which cause the heart of man to fly towards God. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
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    A hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.

    Beauchamp, active 1927. | Date: 1932 | Reference: 15508i
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    At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

    | Reference: 20895i
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    Administration of drugs.

    | Date: Nd
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    Heart-beat and pulse-wave / by C.S. Roy and J.G. Adami.

    | Date: 1890
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    Engelmann's evidence for the independence of excitability and contractility in heart muscle / by T. Lewis and A.N. Drury.

    Lewis, Thomas, Sir, 1881-1945. | Date: [1921?]
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