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Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei : quam pro loco in gratioso medicorum ordine rite obtinendo die XXII Decembris MDCCCXXIII / publice defendet Joannes Evangelista Purkinje.
Purkyně, Jan Evangelista, 1787-1869.Date: [1823]
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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i
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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47105i
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A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 26958i
Part of: The five senses (Martin de Vos)
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A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.
Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.Date: 1st May, 1830Reference: 563686i
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The much-at-once : music, science, ecstasy, the body / Bruce W. Wilshire.
Wilshire, Bruce W., 1932-Date: 2016
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We have the technology : how biohackers, foodies, physicians, and scientists are transforming human perception, one sense at a time / Kara Platoni.
Platoni, KaraDate: [2015]
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Flavor : the science of our most neglected sense / Bob Holmes.
Holmes, Bob (Evolutionary biologist)Date: [2017]
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Recherches expimentales et cliniques sur la sensibilit / par Charles Richet.
Richet, Charles, 1850-1935.Date: 1877
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Chemical senses
Date: 1980-
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The five senses of man / by Julius Bernstein.
Bernstein, Julius, 1839-1917.Date: 1891
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A man with a glass of spirits; representing the sense of taste. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27092i
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On the senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals : with special reference to insects / by Sir John Lubbock.
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.Date: 1899
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A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
Reference: 27049i
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A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
Busby, Thomas Lord.Date: [1826?]Reference: 664604i
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The neglected sense.
Date: 2016
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A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Reference: 27104i
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An old woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Reference: 27106i
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Sensation and pain : A lecture delivered before the New York Academy of Sciences, March 21st, 1881; being one of the public course for 1880-81 / by Charles Fayette Taylor.
Taylor, Charles Fayette, 1827-1899.Date: 1881
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Die fünf Sinne des Menschen / von Julius Bernstein.
Bernstein, Julius, 1839-1917.Date: 1875
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
Reference: 27128i
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Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.
Date: 1788Reference: 27184i
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The importance of the sensory attribute of order / by H.J. Watt.
Watt, Henry J. (Henry Jackson), 1879-1925.Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]
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Electricity: several electrical machines in use, with a man receiving an electric shock in the background. Engraving, [18th century], by B. Cole.
Reference: 47534i
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A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.
Reference: 26299i

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Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei : quam pro loco in gratioso medicorum ordine rite obtinendo die XXII Decembris MDCCCXXIII / publice defendet Joannes Evangelista Purkinje.

A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

The much-at-once : music, science, ecstasy, the body / Bruce W. Wilshire.

We have the technology : how biohackers, foodies, physicians, and scientists are transforming human perception, one sense at a time / Kara Platoni.

Flavor : the science of our most neglected sense / Bob Holmes.

Recherches expimentales et cliniques sur la sensibilit / par Charles Richet.

Chemical senses

The five senses of man / by Julius Bernstein.

A man with a glass of spirits; representing the sense of taste. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

On the senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals : with special reference to insects / by Sir John Lubbock.

A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

The neglected sense.

A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

An old woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

Sensation and pain : A lecture delivered before the New York Academy of Sciences, March 21st, 1881; being one of the public course for 1880-81 / by Charles Fayette Taylor.

Die fünf Sinne des Menschen / von Julius Bernstein.

A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

The importance of the sensory attribute of order / by H.J. Watt.

Electricity: several electrical machines in use, with a man receiving an electric shock in the background. Engraving, [18th century], by B. Cole.

A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.