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Alopecia

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Scalp - Diseases
Hair - Diseases

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Images from the collections

Images about Alopecia

44 images from works
  • The "Hazeline" brand of the active principles distilled from the bark of witch hazel, hamamelis virginiana... / Burroughs Wellcome and Co.
  • A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.
  • Laurus nobilis (Bay laurel)
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers ... : Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer will restore gray or faded hair to its original color as in youth ... / R.P. Hall & Co.
  • The "Hazeline" brand of the active principles distilled from the bark of witch hazel, hamamelis virginiana... / Burroughs Wellcome and Co.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Arctium lappa (Burdock)
  • The "Hazeline" brand of the active principles distilled from the bark of witch hazel, hamamelis virginiana... / Burroughs Wellcome and Co.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.

Works from the collections

133 works

    • Books

    Chutes de cheveux : une synergie d'actifs naturels pour des résultats scientifiquement pruvés / Laboratoires Phytosolba.

    Laboratoires Phytosolba. | Date: [1994?]
    • Ephemera

    'Harlene hair drill' : the secret of beautiful hair / Edwards' Harlene Co.

    | Date: [1912?]
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork

    Michele Angelo Petrone
    • Ephemera

    An opportunity for all to try the famous "Koko." - see page 4 : Koko for the hair / Koko.

    | Date: [1912?]
    • 3-D Objects

    The circumcision of Christ. Wax sculpture.

    | Reference: 4528i
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Related topics

Shampoos
Hair preparations
Hair growth stimulants
Hair
Hair Preparations
Wigs
Surgical Instruments
Surgery, Operative
Knives
Rites and ceremonies

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