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World War I: a convalescent soldier in a walking frame is running at speed while smoking a cigarette, endangering an older man and woman. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.

A man with a broken leg is having its muscles stimulated by an electrical machine. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.

A guide to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson.

A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair, C.B. F.R.S., being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson.

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A man with a broken leg is having its muscles stimulated by an electrical machine. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.

A guide to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson.

World War I: a convalescent soldier in a walking frame is running at speed while smoking a cigarette, endangering an older man and woman. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.

A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair, C.B. F.R.S., being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson.