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Italy: two men try to kill a snake with a boulder; a woman flees from it, but her dog wants to look at it. Etching by M. Ricci.
Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729.Date: [1730]Reference: 2925079i
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Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people writhe on the ground, besieged by fiery serpents. Etching by G. Cooke, 1816, after C. le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1 April 1816Reference: 18329i
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Moses presents his brazen serpent to the people. Woodcut after Robert Anning Bell, c. 1890.
Bell, Robert Anning, 1863-1933.Reference: 18284i
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Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent before the writhing multitude afflicted with snake-bites. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens, ca. 1635-40.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 20541i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1923Reference: 524731i
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Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.172 Toxins
Date: 1966-2014Reference: EPH751:172
Part of: Gwen Prout Stamp Collection
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The strangling of a poisonous snake, representing the crushing of tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after G. Dorival and G. Capon, ca. 1918.
Commission américaine de préservation contre la tuberculose en France.Date: [1918?]Reference: 47641i
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Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent before the writhing multitude afflicted with snake-bites. Engraving after S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens, ca. 1635-40.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1652]Reference: 3063468i
Part of: Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti.
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Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28538i
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Nouvelles experiences sur la vipere : ou l'on verra vne description exacte de toutes ses parties, la source de son venin, ses divers effets, & les remedes exquis que les artistes peuvent tirer du corps de cet animal : avec vne Suite des nouvelles experiences sur la vipere, et vne dissertation sur son venin, pour servir de replique à vne lettre que monsieur Francois Redi ... a écrite à messieurs Bourdelot & Morus impriḿee à Florence en l'année 1670 / par Moyse Charas.
Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698.Date: MDCLXXII [1672]
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As people collapse with snake bites, Moses brings out the brazen serpent. Woodcut.
Reference: 18285i
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Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28663i
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People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.
Fenzoni, Ferraù, 1562-1645.Reference: 18336i
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A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28260i
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Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.
Date: 1816Reference: 18332i
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The infant Hercules strangling two snakes. Etching by J. Frey after Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2853398i
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Il morso della vipera ed il permanganato di potassa : memoria letta alla Società Italiana di Chirurgia nella sua prima riunione tenutasi in Roma il 30 Aprile 1883 / dal socio fondatore Dott. Giuseppe Badaloni.
Badaloni, GiuseppeDate: 1883
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Baldi Angeli, Abbatii med: physici Eugubini De admirabili viperæ natura & de mirificis ejusdem facultatibus.
Abbatius, Baldus Angelus, active 1590.Date: MDCLX. [1660]
Ephemera
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Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).
Date: [1948?]
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Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent on a cross: a man suffering from snakebite is comforted by his wife and child. Photograph attributed to F.W. Edwards, 1895, after G. Tinworth, 187-.
Tinworth, George, 1843-1913.Reference: 3063471i
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Snake charmer and family. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28567i
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Venom : fear, fascination and discovery : Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne / edited by Jacqueline Healy and Kenneth D. Winkel.
Date: 2013
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An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32436i
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Moyse Charas : farmacista illustre e medico del Seicento / Patrizia Catellani, Renzo Console.
Catellani, Patrizia.Date: 2003
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Moses and Eleazar reveal the brazen serpent to the people afflicted with snakebite. Lithograph by A. Blanco after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 20545i

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Italy: two men try to kill a snake with a boulder; a woman flees from it, but her dog wants to look at it. Etching by M. Ricci.

Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people writhe on the ground, besieged by fiery serpents. Etching by G. Cooke, 1816, after C. le Brun.

Moses presents his brazen serpent to the people. Woodcut after Robert Anning Bell, c. 1890.

Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent before the writhing multitude afflicted with snake-bites. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens, ca. 1635-40.

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.

Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.172 Toxins

The strangling of a poisonous snake, representing the crushing of tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after G. Dorival and G. Capon, ca. 1918.

Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent before the writhing multitude afflicted with snake-bites. Engraving after S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens, ca. 1635-40.

Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.

As people collapse with snake bites, Moses brings out the brazen serpent. Woodcut.

Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.

People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.

A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.

Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.

The infant Hercules strangling two snakes. Etching by J. Frey after Annibale Carracci.

Il morso della vipera ed il permanganato di potassa : memoria letta alla Società Italiana di Chirurgia nella sua prima riunione tenutasi in Roma il 30 Aprile 1883 / dal socio fondatore Dott. Giuseppe Badaloni.

Baldi Angeli, Abbatii med: physici Eugubini De admirabili viperæ natura & de mirificis ejusdem facultatibus.

Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).

Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent on a cross: a man suffering from snakebite is comforted by his wife and child. Photograph attributed to F.W. Edwards, 1895, after G. Tinworth, 187-.

Snake charmer and family. Gouache drawing.

Venom : fear, fascination and discovery : Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne / edited by Jacqueline Healy and Kenneth D. Winkel.

An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.

Moyse Charas : farmacista illustre e medico del Seicento / Patrizia Catellani, Renzo Console.

Moses and Eleazar reveal the brazen serpent to the people afflicted with snakebite. Lithograph by A. Blanco after P.P. Rubens.