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  • A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A pedlar with his tray of wares holds up a pair of scissors. Line engraving after M. Laroon, 1711.
  • A knife-grinder sharpening a blade on a grinding wheel as a customer arrives with a plane to be sharpened. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • The muscles of the arm and palm of the hand and geometrical diagrams of the tendons and fibres of different muscles. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Moorish tailor and wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • A woman and a girl having an ear and a nose pierced, a boy receiving stitches on his arm and a man having his hair cut, another a shave; a warning about the dangers of using unsterilized equipment and contracting the HIV virus by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca 1997.
  • Two maids confer on whether to 'refresh' a sick man even further by putting cold water into his enema. Lithograph by Cham, c. 1840.
  • Edward Stanton at the Saw and Crown in Lombard Street London : lancet-maker : maketh and selleth all sorts of surgeons instruments likewise razors scissors penknives knives & forks... NB lancets and other instruments carefully ground and sett.
  • John Cargill, instrument maker, at ye Saw & Crown in Lombard Street, London : makes & sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razors, scizers, penknives, caseknives, carving knives, cuttoes, &c. : at reasonable rates.