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.

Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

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.

55 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm (8vo)

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.

viii, 319 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Mysteries of history : with accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans / by C.J.S. Thompson.

Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte : Toxikologische, allgemeinverständliche Untersuchungen der historischen Quellen / von Prof. Dr. L. Lewin.

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Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

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.

Mysteries of history : with accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans / by C.J.S. Thompson.

Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte : Toxikologische, allgemeinverständliche Untersuchungen der historischen Quellen / von Prof. Dr. L. Lewin.

Violent deaths

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Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

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.

Mysteries of history : with accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans / by C.J.S. Thompson.

Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte : Toxikologische, allgemeinverständliche Untersuchungen der historischen Quellen / von Prof. Dr. L. Lewin.

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