Organic fluid which transports nutrients throughout the organism

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A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

How AIDS can and cannot be transmitted; an advertisement by AIDS-Hilfe Salzburg. Colour lithograph.

Precautions to prevent the spread of AIDS with illustrations; an advertisement by the National AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone. Lithograph, ca. 1996.

Medical Evans products.

Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

Ferrier's medical and scientific lending library... : Physiological normals / Donald Ferrier.

A treatise on the blood, inflammation, and gun-shot wounds / By the late John Hunter. To which is prefixed a short account of the author's life by his brother-in-law, Everard Home.

Numerous gay couples wearing condoms and commenting on their benefits in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph for the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe.

William Harvey. Reproduction of line engraving after W. von Bemmel, 1657.

Christ heals the haemorrhaging woman; women wash their linen in a pond. Etching by G. Bodenehr after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.

Fourteen illustrated instructions in Basque on the necessity of taking precautions when handling blood or fluids contaminated with blood to avoid transmitting HIV, hepatitis B and other related infections; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by the Eusko Jaurlaritza Gobierno Vasco. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Médecines & médecins Normands d'autrefois / Suzanne Jacques-Marin.

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

The Therapeutical Society of New York.

Haematologia, sive sanguinis historia, experimentis passim superstructa. Accedit observatio anatomica de acetabuli ligamento interno. Caput femoris firmante / Thomae Schwencke.

Technique of taking blood specimen for serological test.

Portrait of Elizabeth Fry, half length,

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Portrait of Elizabeth Fry, half length,

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Portrait of Elizabeth Fry, half length,

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