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Jesus Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1510.

William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.

Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching by G.B. Castiglione.

Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.

Benjamin Howard assisted by Sir E. Sieveking demonstrating artificial respiration on a supine figure at the Royal Humane Society. Wood engraving by T. Robinson, 1878, after C. Robinson.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Etching after C. de Lafosse.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb; weapons hang from above. Engraving by J. Thomson, 1846, after J. Franklin after Rembrandt.

Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

Nouvelles recherches sur les secours à donner aux noyés et asphyxiés / par C.C.H. Marc.

Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.

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Resuscitation

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Images about Resuscitation

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

Nouvelles recherches sur les secours à donner aux noyés et asphyxiés / par C.C.H. Marc.

Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.

Resuscitation

Images from the collections

Images about Resuscitation

Works from the collections

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

Nouvelles recherches sur les secours à donner aux noyés et asphyxiés / par C.C.H. Marc.

Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.

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