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Images from the collections

Images of Clippings

311 images from works
  • A sovereign remedy.
  • [Newspaper cutting, "Giants" (1842?) about the possibility of an ancient race of giants].
  • [Cutting from The London Journal (1853?) titled: 'The earthmen in Southern Africa'. ].
  • Extraordinary natural curiosity : a living skeleton.
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • Secrets of good health. XII, The white man's burden : effectual exercises / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart., C.B.
  • CICFA : cures indigestion constipation flatulence acidity.
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].
  • Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albemarle-street, August 30, 1841 : the extended and practical course of chemical lectures and demonstrations for medical and general students, delivered in the laboratory of this institution by professor Brande and E. Solly, jun., esq., will commence on Tuesday, the 5th of October at nine in the morning... / Joseph Fincher.
  • [Newspaper clipping (from the Illustrated Times, 3 October 1868) about 'Dr. Nelaton and the Siamese Twins' Chang and Eng].
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Works from the collections

352 works

    • Ephemera

    The London Necropolis and National Cemetery Company : capital £150,000, in 6,000 shares of £25 each ...

    | Date: [1837?]
    • Ephemera

    Funeral reform - Antill and Co. are the cheapest : Great Northern cemetery, Colney Hatch ...

    | Date: [1864?]
    • Ephemera

    Cremation : to the editor.

    | Date: [1883?]
    • Ephemera

    Two cremations in England : to the editor.

    | Date: [1882?]
    • Ephemera

    The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum, Woking, Surrey.

    | Date: [between 1870 and 1889?]
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Related topics

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
London
Giants (Folklore)
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Dwarfs (Persons)
Death
History, 18th Century
Twins, Conjoined
Military Medicine

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