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Tropical Diseases, Elephantiasis of the scrotum.

Squamous cell carcinoma, mouse eye

A man putting a barrel on his shoulder. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

E. Muybridge "Animal locomotion", plate

Horse intestine with multiple attached parasitic worms

A dog jumping a hurdle. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

Canine brain affected by cerebral haemorrhage

A man batting. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Make us gasp with your images / Wellcome Images.

Portrait photograph of Charles Darwin

A man digging with a shovel. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Africa: a group of African people standing on a kraal hut. Albumen print.

William Loudon Reid. Photograph by Weir.

A queen or empress administering a healing balm to a person with leprosy (?). Photograph of a wallpainting in the chapel in Eton College.

James Hunter. Photograph.

A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: the isolation hospital seen from outside. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Sir Thomas Lewis. Photograph.

John Gay. Photograph by Schnadhorst.

View of the dissecting room of St George's Hospital. Taken 27 March 1860. To Henry Gray Esq.r F.R.S. as a respectful remembrance from Joseph Langhorn.

Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.

China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Adam Sedgwick. Photograph.

John Russell Hind. Photograph by Drummond Young.

Sir Thomas Watson. Photograph by Barraud & Jerrard, 1873.

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Rows of decorated pharmacy jars and other objects. Photograph.

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Adam Sedgwick. Photograph.

John Russell Hind. Photograph by Drummond Young.

Sir Thomas Watson. Photograph by Barraud & Jerrard, 1873.

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Rows of decorated pharmacy jars and other objects. Photograph.

Photograph

Images from the collections

Images of Photograph

Images about Photograph

Works from the collections

Adam Sedgwick. Photograph.

John Russell Hind. Photograph by Drummond Young.

Sir Thomas Watson. Photograph by Barraud & Jerrard, 1873.

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Rows of decorated pharmacy jars and other objects. Photograph.

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