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Toilets

Images

  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • A Scotsman in Highland dress seated with his legs down two latrines, grasping the "Act for establishing Popery"; representing the Scottish rejection of the Catholic Relief Act. Etching, 1779.
  • A man pulling a peculiar face as he is about to take some medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1801, after J. Gillray.
  • A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
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Catalogue

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    Specification of William Strang : separating sewage.

    Strang, William. | Date: 1869
    • Books
    • Online

    Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

    Moesch, Charles Louis Henry. | Date: 1872
    • Ephemera

    "Guard against infection!" : IZAL disinfectant is in daily use in British hospitals throughout the empire.

    Newton, Chambers and Company, Ltd. | Date: [approximately 1900?]
    • Ephemera

    Hygieno moussant : nettoie, détarte, désodorise & désinfecte les cuvettes de W.C. : c'est un produit Rollet.

    Rollet (Firm) | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
    • Books
    • Online

    Specification of James Bannehr : treating sewage.

    Bannehr, James. | Date: 1876
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