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Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

Two boys posing with cigarettes. Photographic postcard by A. Caggiano, 190-.

A woman in ragged clothing is carrying one child as another walks by her side. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

The child Samuel tells the priest Eli of the fate God has in store for him. Engraving by H. Moses, 1829, after J.S. Copley.

Plain speaking about HIV and AIDS and how it affects women, written for women by the experts - women. 3, HIV, pregnancy and children / Positively Women.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

A child wearing Scottish dress and a feathered hat is mounted on a Shetland pony. Steel engraving by J. Cochrane after W. Salter, 1845.

A sad lonely child sits on her bed, anxiety, illustration

HIV & AIDS : information about mothers and children with HIV infection / written by Rosie Claxton for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

A mother and her five delighted children turned away from their dentist's at Easter because he has toothache. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1874.

A dwarf, or perhaps a child begging. Gouache drawing.

Diseases of infants and children / by Henry Dwight Chapin and Godfrey Roger Pisek.

Practical child psychotherapy / by Curt Boenheim.

Give us a break! / Graham Hood.

Bihar, India: a child with smallpox, at Hakagora village. Photograph, 1974.

Tumours in children / edited by H.B. Marsden and J.K. Steward.

Infertility : the real costs : a report on the financial, emotional and practical implications of childlessness for infertile couples and the National Health Service / Andrea Kon.

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Infertility : the real costs : a report on the financial, emotional and practical implications of childlessness for infertile couples and the National Health Service / Andrea Kon.

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Infertility : the real costs : a report on the financial, emotional and practical implications of childlessness for infertile couples and the National Health Service / Andrea Kon.

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