Smoothbore firearm which can fire one or more projectiles in a single firing

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Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.

Bandits armed with guns drink with women outside an Italian country inn; in the foreground are a couple on horseback. Coloured etching by B. Pinelli, 1820.

An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.

A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.

Catherine Bigot, a deaf-mute woman whose deafness was so complete that she was unaware of a gun being fired above her head. Engraving.

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Shotguns

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A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.

An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.

Bandits armed with guns drink with women outside an Italian country inn; in the foreground are a couple on horseback. Coloured etching by B. Pinelli, 1820.

Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.

Catherine Bigot, a deaf-mute woman whose deafness was so complete that she was unaware of a gun being fired above her head. Engraving.