Organ that smells and facilitates breathing

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Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington. Engraving by W.T. Mote after Sir P. Lely.

Desiderius Erasmus: portrait in profile. Drawing, c. 1795, after H. Holbein.

Mercier, an architect. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.

A man with a nose indicating reflectiveness (according to Lavater). Drawing, c. 1794.

H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

An elaborately dressed woman pampers a man in a vapour-bath. Coloured etching after G. de Cari.

Desiderius Erasmus. Drawing, c. 1792, after H. Holbein.

Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.

Nasenplastik und sonstige Gesichtsplastik : nebst einem Anhang über Mammaplastik und einige weitere Operationen aus dem Gebiete der äusseren Körperplastik ein Atlas und Lehrbuch / von J. Joseph.

Case where an operation for restoring a lost nose, was successfully performed / by John Davies.

A man sticks a finger with a condom into the mouth of a woman while putting the nose of the woman also wearing a condom into his mouth representing a safe form of sex; an advertisement for an AIDS Benefit musica event entitled 'Let's Play Safe' on 5th May 1987 at Diskothek U4, Meidling [Vienna] by the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph, 1987.

Plastic surgery of the nose / by Albert P. Seltzer.

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Reflex neuroses arising from ocular and nasal abnormalities : oration in ophthalmology / by S. Lewis Ziegler.

Die Misbildungen des Gaumens und ihr Zusammenhang mit Nase, Auge und Ohr / von Fritz Danziger.

Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

Osphrésiologie, ou, Traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l'olfaction : avec l'histoire détailée des maladies du nez et des fosses nasales, et des opérations qui leur conviennent / par Hippol. Cloquet.

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Nose

Images from the collections

Images about Nose

Works from the collections

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Reflex neuroses arising from ocular and nasal abnormalities : oration in ophthalmology / by S. Lewis Ziegler.

Die Misbildungen des Gaumens und ihr Zusammenhang mit Nase, Auge und Ohr / von Fritz Danziger.

Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

Osphrésiologie, ou, Traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l'olfaction : avec l'histoire détailée des maladies du nez et des fosses nasales, et des opérations qui leur conviennent / par Hippol. Cloquet.

Nose

Images from the collections

Images about Nose

Works from the collections

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Reflex neuroses arising from ocular and nasal abnormalities : oration in ophthalmology / by S. Lewis Ziegler.

Die Misbildungen des Gaumens und ihr Zusammenhang mit Nase, Auge und Ohr / von Fritz Danziger.

Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

Osphrésiologie, ou, Traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l'olfaction : avec l'histoire détailée des maladies du nez et des fosses nasales, et des opérations qui leur conviennent / par Hippol. Cloquet.

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