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Watercolour painting by A.O. Lamplough depicting the banks of the Nile in Egypt, showcasing serene landscapes and artistic beauty.
Ortus sanitatis.Public Domain Mark You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.
Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
Edward Jenner and two colleagues seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, the dead smallpox victims are littered at their feet. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808.
Soranus' gynecology / translated with an introduction by Owsei Temkin ; with the assistance of Nicholson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, and Alan F. Guttmacher.
An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.