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    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)
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    Science & Medicine

    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

    Practical Hydrotherapy (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    Practical Hydrotherapy (1909)

    Sniffles and Sneezes (1955)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    Sniffles and Sneezes (1955)

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)
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    Science & Medicine, Emotion and Expression

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Victorian, Emotion and Expression

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
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    Science & Medicine

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)

    Pollen Up Close (1837)
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    Science & Medicine

    Pollen Up Close (1837)

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)
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    Science & Medicine, Victorian, Fashion

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)

    Remmelin's Anatomical ‘Flap’ Book (1667)
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    Science & Medicine

    Remmelin's Anatomical ‘Flap’ Book (1667)

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