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Reproduction of a portrait described as Christiaan Huygens [Hugenius]. Line engraving by F. Ottens, held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: V0003010, L0005726

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0012009-M0012116

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

M0012009: Reproduction of a page from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012010: Reproduction of a double page with woodcut illustrations of animals from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012011: Reproduction of a page with a woodcut illustration of a donkey from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012012: Reproduction of a page with a woodcut illustration of rams from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012013: Reproduction of a page with a woodcut illustration of rams and serpents from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012014: Reproduction of a page with a woodcut illustration, possibly of lions, from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012015: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations of various animals from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012016: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations of birds and a winged beast from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012017: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations of various birds from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012018: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations of various fish from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012019: Reproduction of a double page with woodcut illustrations of various fish from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012020: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations, possibly of fish, snails and amphibians, from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012021: Reproduction of a page with a woodcut illustration from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012022: Reproduction of a page with various woodcut illustrations from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012023: Reproduction of a page with woodcut illustrations of animals from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0012025: Reproduction of an engraving of skulls showing the maxillary sinus (or antrum of Highmore) from Nathaniel Highmore's Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica, 1651

M0012026: Portrait of Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768), French surgeon, science communicator and fellow of the Royal Society

M0012028: Portrait of Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), French physician

M0012029: Reproduction of the title page from François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages' Nosologica methodica sistens morborum classes, genera et species, juxtà Sydenhami mentem et Botanicorum ordinem, 1763

M0012030: Reproduction of the title page from William Cullen's Apparatus ad nosologiam methodicam, seu synopsis nosologiae methodicae in usum studiosorum, 1775

M0012031: Reproduction of a table from Philippe Pinel's Nosographie philosophique, ou la méthode de l'analyse appliquée a la médecine, 1802

M0012032: Portrait of François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767) from Journal des sciences médicales de Montpellier, T. 1, 1834

M0012034: Reproduction of a portrait of Jean Pecquet (1622-1674), French scientist, and physician and surgeon of Dieppe

M0012036: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Primitive Knowledge" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012037: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Knowledge of Anatomy" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012038: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Knowledge of Physiology" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012039: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Concepts of Disease" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012040: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Pathology" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012041: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Diagnosis" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012042: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Treatment (Type 1). Empirical Remedies and Remedial Procedures" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012043: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Inoculating of Smallpox as a Propylactic Measure. Djen, Nigeria" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012044: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Spirit Agency" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012045: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Human Agency" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012046: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Effigies to Frighten Away Spirits of Disease" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012047: Reproduction of the key label for a gallery display titled "Effigy-Habitations for Spirits of Disease" in the Hall of Primitive Medicine at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Euston Road, in 1946

M0012049: Photograph of a closed case of Roman surgical instruments found in Germany, and presented by Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (1821-1902), German physician, anthropologist and pathologist

M0012050: Photograph of an open case displaying various Roman surgical instruments found in Germany, and presented by Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (1821-1902), German physician, anthropologist and pathologist

M0012051: Reproduction of an illustration depicting Henry IV touching for the 'King's evil' from André Du Laurens' De mirabili strumas sanandi vi solis Galliae regibus christianissimis divinitus concessa liber unus, 1609

M0012052: Reproduction of the title page from John Bulwer's Anthropometamorphosis : man transform'd ; or, the artificial changeling, 1650

M0012053: Reproduction of the title page from John Bulwer's Anthropometamorphosis : man transform'd ; or, the artificial changeling, 1653

M0012054: Reproduction of an illustration from John Bulwer's Anthropometamorphosis : man transform'd ; or, the artificial changeling, 1653

M0012055: Reproduction of an illustration from John Bulwer's Anthropometamorphosis : man transform'd ; or, the artificial changeling, 1653

M0012056: Reproduction of a panoramic photograph of the bay of Salerno, Italy, showing the city and port

M0012057: Reproduction of a medical diploma granted by the Medical School of Salerno from Pietro Capparoni's Diplomi di laurea dello studio salernitano (ultimo periodo della sua storia) prima della soppressione di Murat, 1916

M0012058: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "excitement to ecstasy" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012059: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "road to ecstasy!!!" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012060: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "compensation" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012061: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "compensation" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012062: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "per orbem" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012063: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "per orbem" from Jesse Foot's extra illustrated copy of The Life of John Hunter, 1794

M0012064: Reproduction of a portrait of Francis Adams (1796-1861), Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works

M0012065: Photograph of the former residence of Francis Adams (1796-1861) in Banchory-Ternan, Aberdeenshire

M0012066: Halftone reproduction of a portrait of Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937), Australian-British anatomist and Egyptologist

M0012067: Reproduction of a stipple engraving of Theodore Haak (1605-1690), German scholar

M0012068: Reproduction of a portrait of Henry Oldenburg (circa 1618-1677), also known as Heinrich Oldenburg or Oldenbourg, German theologian, diplomat, and natural philosopher

M0012069: Reproduction of a 17th century map of London and Westminster in the time of Samuel Pepys, before the Great Fire of London

M0012070: Reproduction of a stipple engraving portrait of Sir Thomas Millington (1628-1703/04), English physician and the Sheldonian theatre in Oxford

M0012071: Portrait of Johann Doläus (1651-1707), also known as Johannes Dolaeus, German physician

M0012072: Reproduction of the frontispiece to Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's Itinera Alpina, 1723, from De Beer's Early Travellers in the Alps, 1930

M0012073: Reproduction of the view of the glacier of the Rhone, circa 1777, from De Beer's Early Travellers in the Alps, 1930

M0012074: Reproduction of an engraving of the view of the Devil's Bridge, from De Beer's Early Travellers in the Alps, 1930

M0012075: Reproduction of an engraving of the view of the Grimsel Hospice, from De Beer's Early Travellers in the Alps, 1930

M0012076: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "St. James's Palace and part of the city of Wesminster taken from the north side of Pall Mall as they appeared about the year 1660"

M0012077: Portrait of Joseph Georg Beer (1763-1821), Viennese ophthalmologist

M0012079: Reproduction of page one of two of a letter or manuscript headed "Responsio consultatoria, circa dysenterias..." by Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738)

M0012080: Reproduction of page two of two of a letter or manuscript headed "Responsio consultatoria, circa dysenterias..." by Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738)

M0012081: Reproduction of the title page from Albrecht von Haller's Bibliotheca chirurgica qua scripta ad artem chirurgicam facientia a rerum initiis recensentur, volume 1, 1774

M0012082: Reproduction of the title page from Albrecht von Haller's Bibliotheca anatomica : qua scripta ad anatomen et physiologiam facientia a rerum initiis recensentur, volume 1, 1774

M0012083: Reproduction of the title page from Albrecht von Haller's Bibliotheca medicinae practicae qua scripta ad partem medicinae practicam facientia a rerum initiis ad a. MDCCLXXV recensentur, volume 1, 1776

M0012084: Reproduction of the dedication to John Pringle from Albrecht von Haller's Bibliotheca medicinae practicae qua scripta ad partem medicinae practicam facientia a rerum initiis ad a. MDCCLXXV recensentur

M0012085: Reproduction of a map showing the town's college in 1647 from Gordon Rothemay's plan of Edinburgh, and key underneath

M0012086: Reproduction of a sketched plan of Kirk O' Field showing the site that later became of the town's college (now known as The University of Edinburgh)

M0012087: Reproduction of a photograph of the Old Quadrangle, Edinburgh University, taken by Valentine towards the end of the 19th century

M0012088: Reproduction of a plan of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, showing the Gate of Honour, with the caption "View by Loggan (c.1688)" underneath

M0012089: Reproduction of a photograph of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, showing the Gate of Honour, taken by T. Palmer

M0012090: Reproduction of a portrait of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator

M0012092: Reproduction of a portrait of Lorenz Heister (1683–1758), German anatomist, surgeon and botanist

M0012093: Reproduction of a page of botanical illustrations of alpine plants from Albrecht von Haller's Enumeratio methodica stirpium Helvetiae indigenarum

M0012094: Reproduction of the title page from Robert Boyle's Memoirs for the natural history of humane blood, especially the spirit of that liquor, 1684

M0012095: Reproduction of the frontispiece from Johann Sigismund Elsholtz's Anthropometria, sive de mutua membrorum corporis humani proportione, et naevorum harmonia libellus, 1663

M0012096: Reproduction of a portrait of Samuel Cooper (1780-1848), English surgeon and medical writer

M0012097: Reproduction of a portrait of William Mackenzie (1791-1868), Scottish ophthalmologist

M0012098: Reproduction of an engraving of two oval portraits of Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) and Michael Ernst Ettmüller (1673-1732)

M0012099: Reproduction of a engraving of Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), English physician

M0012100: Reproduction of a page from a manuscript relating to the Salerno Medical School from the original in the British Museum, now held by the British Library

M0012101: Reproduction of a portrait of Georg Bartisch (1535–1607), German physician

M0012102: Reproduction of a page of a 15th century manuscript attributed to Matthaeus Platearius (d. 1161)

M0012103: Reproduction of the title page from Pharmacopoea Belgica; or, the Dutch dispensatory, 1659

M0012104: Reproduction of a portrait of Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979), German-British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945

M0012105: Reproduction of a portrait of Robert Henry Elliott (1864-1936), ophthamologist

M0012106: Reproduction of a portrait of Percy Cyril Claude Garnham, (1901-1994), British biologist and parasitologist

M0012107: Reproduction of a portrait of William Ewart Gye (1889-1952), British pathologist and cancer researcher

M0012108: Reproduction of a portrait of Henry Edward Shortt (1887-1987), Indian-born British protozoologist

M0012110: Reproduction of a portrait of Warrington Yorke (1883-1943), British parasitologist and Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool

M0012111: Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Alexander Haddow (1907-1976), Scottish physician and pathologist at the forefront of cancer research in the 1940s

M0012113: Reproduction of the title page from Matthew Baillie's The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body, 1793

M0012114: Reproduction of an illustration showing a section of Samuel Johnson's lung with emphysema from Matthew Baillie's The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body, 1793

M0012115: Photograph of window transparencies showing cave paintings at Altamira and Font-de Gaume for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951

M0012116: Reproduction of page 19, with illustration, from Nikolaus Reusner's Emblemata Nicolai Reusneri ic. partim ethica, et physica : partim vero historica, ac hieroglyphica, sed ad virtutis, morumque doctrinam omnia ingeniose traducta, 1581

M0012033: Reproduction of a line engraving of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), often spelt Huyghens or Hugenius, Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor

M0012033: Reproduction of a line engraving of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), often spelt Huyghens or Hugenius, Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor

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