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Contrasts in drinking of alcoholic beverages: a tavern from 1553 is contrasted with a gin-palace of 1847, temperance with drunkenness, and luxury with poverty. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).
Limner, Luke, 1822-1912.Date: [1847]Reference: 35846i
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A woman with a headache, and the same woman without a headache after taking the "Calmante Fort" painkiller. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.
Date: [1950?]Reference: 46904i
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People in contrasting situations. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).
Limner, Luke, 1822-1912.Date: [1849]Reference: 35849i
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In a lady's bedchamber a young woman struggles as a man pulls her towards him clutching at her dress. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Decm:br: ye: 15th 1736Reference: 38348i
Part of: Before and after
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A diabetic man, emaciated, before treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.
Date: 1925Reference: 568185i
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Nova Lotion pour teindre les cheveux: product label. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 551726i
Part of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.
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Leprosy: patients in hospital in Kuala Lumpur, before and after treatment. Photograph album by Ernest Travers, 192- (?).
Travers, Ernest, 1865-1934.Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 730486i
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A woman with a headache, and the same woman without a headache after taking the "Calmante Fort" painkiller. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.
Date: [1950?]Reference: 5149i
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Charles Bradlaugh being arrested by the police in 1881 for refusing to take the oath as a Member of Parliament, and subsequently rejoicing at the passage of his Oaths Bill in 1888. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1888.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 24 March 1888Reference: 564996i
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A patient of Léon Desguin, after operation. Photograph.
Reference: 14696i
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Top, a doctor is handing medicine to a woman whose husband has influenza; middle, in a theatre the woman and the man are attending a film or lecture about the medicine, showing that it eliminates the influenza bacillus; bottom, in a bus or train a woman is giving a pill to her travelling companion, while other passengers suffer from influenza. Process print after Leonhard Fries.
Fries, Leonhard F. W., 1883-1953.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 571210i
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Henry S. Tanner after 21 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.
Herr & Co.Date: 1880Reference: 582984i
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Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
Ward, Samuel, -1639.Date: 1627Reference: 25926i
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A young African man cured of leprosy points to a photograph of himself before his cure. Colour lithograph after P.A. Pittet, 197-.
Pittet, Pierre A.Date: [197?-?]Reference: 659399i
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A young man with an exhausted expression after sex pulls on his breeches beside a woman who gazes up at him and holds his arm; on the wall is an image of Cupid pointing to a downward-pointing rocket. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1736.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Decm:br: ye: 15th 1736Reference: 38349i
Part of: Before and after
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Henry S. Tanner at the end of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by G.E. Hogg, 1880.
G.E. Hogg (Firm)Date: 1880Reference: 582985i
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Upesi or anagi stoves for cooking are preferable to three-stone stoves: they prevent illness due to smoke inhalation and save energy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
Intermediate Technology Development Group.Date: [1996?]Reference: 768226i
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Annular growth of gullet; left, before radium; right, after radium. Ink drawing, ca. 1930.
Date: 1930Reference: 572342i
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A man with stomach pain, and the man cured of stomach pain; advertising Gastrul tablets for use against stomach ulcers. Colour screenprint, 1954.
Date: [1954?]Reference: 662237i
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A soldier eyes a prostitute; the same soldier later suffers from syphilis or another sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Blas, 1936/1939.
Blas, active 1936-1939.Date: [1936/1939]Reference: 5108i
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Patients convalescing in hospital beds, Erzerum, Turkey. Wood engraving.
Reference: 17502i
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A patient of Léon Desguin, before operation. Photograph.
Reference: 14695i
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Oliver Cromwell (left) and the Protector kneeling with his head on the lap of Britannia (right): two roundels. Engraving, 1739.
Date: 23 June 1739Reference: 576021i
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Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
Date: [between 1818 and 1821]Reference: 603109i
Part of: Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
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A painting of the face of a boy crying on one side and happy on the other, as a plaster has been applied to a wound on his forehead; advertising Isoplast plasters. Colour lithograph after Herbert Leupin, 1952 (?).
Leupin, Herbert, 1916-1999.Date: [1952?]Reference: 689359i

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Contrasts in drinking of alcoholic beverages: a tavern from 1553 is contrasted with a gin-palace of 1847, temperance with drunkenness, and luxury with poverty. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).

A woman with a headache, and the same woman without a headache after taking the "Calmante Fort" painkiller. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.

People in contrasting situations. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).

In a lady's bedchamber a young woman struggles as a man pulls her towards him clutching at her dress. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

A diabetic man, emaciated, before treatment with insulin. Photograph, ca. 1925.

Nova Lotion pour teindre les cheveux: product label. Colour lithograph.

Leprosy: patients in hospital in Kuala Lumpur, before and after treatment. Photograph album by Ernest Travers, 192- (?).

A woman with a headache, and the same woman without a headache after taking the "Calmante Fort" painkiller. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.

Charles Bradlaugh being arrested by the police in 1881 for refusing to take the oath as a Member of Parliament, and subsequently rejoicing at the passage of his Oaths Bill in 1888. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1888.

A patient of Léon Desguin, after operation. Photograph.

Henry S. Tanner after 21 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.

Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.

A young African man cured of leprosy points to a photograph of himself before his cure. Colour lithograph after P.A. Pittet, 197-.

A young man with an exhausted expression after sex pulls on his breeches beside a woman who gazes up at him and holds his arm; on the wall is an image of Cupid pointing to a downward-pointing rocket. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1736.

Henry S. Tanner at the end of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by G.E. Hogg, 1880.

Upesi or anagi stoves for cooking are preferable to three-stone stoves: they prevent illness due to smoke inhalation and save energy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Annular growth of gullet; left, before radium; right, after radium. Ink drawing, ca. 1930.

A man with stomach pain, and the man cured of stomach pain; advertising Gastrul tablets for use against stomach ulcers. Colour screenprint, 1954.

A soldier eyes a prostitute; the same soldier later suffers from syphilis or another sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Blas, 1936/1939.

Patients convalescing in hospital beds, Erzerum, Turkey. Wood engraving.

A patient of Léon Desguin, before operation. Photograph.

Oliver Cromwell (left) and the Protector kneeling with his head on the lap of Britannia (right): two roundels. Engraving, 1739.

Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.

A painting of the face of a boy crying on one side and happy on the other, as a plaster has been applied to a wound on his forehead; advertising Isoplast plasters. Colour lithograph after Herbert Leupin, 1952 (?).