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Head - Abnormalities

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  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
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Catalogue

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    Observations upon the nature and treatment of difficult occipito-posterior positions of the head : founded upon an analysis of twenty-six operative cases / by Angus Macdonald, M.D.

    Macdonald, Angus, M.D. | Date: 1874
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    The bioarchaeology of the human head : decapitation, decoration, and deformation / edited by Michelle Bonogofsky ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

    | Date: [2011], ©2011
    • Pictures

    Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

    Farey, John, 1791-1851. | Date: [1811] | Reference: 23165i
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    A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

    Ibbs, Edith A. | Date: 1900-1909 | Reference: 38823i
    Part of: Splendor solis
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    A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

    Ibbs, Edith A. | Date: 1900-1909 | Reference: 38824i
    Part of: Splendor solis
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