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  • Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.
  • The strangling of a poisonous snake, representing the crushing of tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after G. Dorival and G. Capon, ca. 1918.
  • 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.
  • A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.
  • 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.
  • Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).
  • People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.
  • Moses and Eleazar reveal the brazen serpent to the people afflicted with snakebite. Lithograph by A. Blanco after P.P. Rubens.
  • Snake charmer and family. Gouache drawing.
  • 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.
  • An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
  • As people collapse with snake bites, Moses brings out the brazen serpent. Woodcut.