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    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
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    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, Emotion & 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, Fashion

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

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

    Johann Remmelin's Anatomical ‘Flap’ Book (1667)

    Illustrations from a Victorian book on Magic (1897)
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    Illustrations from a Victorian book on Magic (1897)

    *Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions* (1897)
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    Science & Medicine

    Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions (1897)

    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)
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    Science & Medicine

    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Geometry & Diagrams, Emotion & Expression

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)

    Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)

    Medical Imagery of the 15th Century
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    Science & Medicine, People

    Medical Imagery of the 15th Century

    Endless Amusement (1820)
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    Science & Medicine

    Endless Amusement (1820)

    Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)

    *Popular Scientific Recreations* (1883 edition)
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    Science & Medicine

    Popular Scientific Recreations (1883 edition)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)
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    Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)
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    Science & Medicine

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)