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Violent deaths

Images

  • Daniel O'Connell and the devil represented as the Siamese twins joined at the chest; representing alleged atrocities by Roman Catholics. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
  • Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
  • Double picture: a person hanging from the gallows; a witch burning a sleeping couple while a demon figure carries off a child. Woodcut, 1790.
  • A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.
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Catalogue

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    Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

    Watson, Alexander, 1799-1879. | Date: 1842
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    Medico-legal examination of two cases of sudden death from wounds / by Alexander Watson.

    Watson, Alexander, 1799-1879. | Date: 1831
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    An inquiry into the statistics of deaths from violence and unnatural causes in the United Kingdom : with special reference to deaths from starvation, overlying of infants, burning, administration of anæsthetics, and poisoning being a thesis approved for the degree of Doctor of Medicine in State Medicine (and University Medal) at the University of London / by William A. Brend.

    Brend, William A. (William Alfred), 1873- | Date: 1915
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    The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay & disaster / by Sarah Krasnostein.

    Krasnostein, Sarah | Date: 2017
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    Remarks on the trial of Robert Reid, for the murder of his wife : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 29th of June 1835 / by John Fletcher.

    Fletcher, John, 1792-1836. | Date: 1835
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