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The British Lying-in Hospital for married women situated in Brownlow Street Long Acre, London. ; J. S. Miller inv. del. et sc. Lettering includes: "Explanation. A perspective view of the hospital, ...

Front cover of Seamen's hospital booklet: Illustration: "An empire on which the sun never sets": including all crests of British colonies: Australia, Canada, India, Fiji, etc.

Clinical and pathological reports / by Samuel Black, M.D.London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819 (Newry: Printed by Alexander Wilkinson) ...

In 1950, an American journalist popularised the term ‘brainwashing’, arguing that a new amalgam of technology, medicine and ideology was allowing an onslaught on people’s minds. In this abridged ...

Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the enduring fight for workers’ rights through our new major exhibition.

Showcasing Jason Wilsher-Mills’ largest and most personal commission to date, this exhibition is a joyful exploration of the body, drawing on the artist’s experience of becoming disabled as a child.

Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.

A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912 ...

1 print : lithograph, with tint plate ; border 16 x 13.5 cm. One of a series of eight pictures, each with two naked children showing progressive scenes from grape harvest to drinking ...

Our collections are an incredible resource for all kinds of research, whether you are an artist or writer looking for inspiration, an academic researcher, or just curious about something in our ...