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James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Cornelia, the Vestal Virgin, entombed alive surrounded by bones in the dungeon. Line engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

A drunken man at home with his starving and ruined family. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A farm worker has fallen among the corn owing to starvation, and has dropped his scythe and barrel; another worker is also about to faint. Engraving by Anthony Cardon after P.J. de Loutherbourg after himself.

Plague, war and famine. Engraving by Sadeler after M. de Vos.

A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The people of Moses receive manna from heaven in the wilderness. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1637-1639.

The siege of Leiden in 1574: starving people dying, people killing dogs for food etc. Line engraving.

Prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition in times of disaster : report approved by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition and presented to the Fourth World Health Assembly.

Hunger : disease of millions / [The British Society for International Health Education ; Susan King-Hall].

Betting on famine : why the world still goes hungry / Jean Ziegler ; translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

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The siege of Leiden in 1574: starving people dying, people killing dogs for food etc. Line engraving.

Prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition in times of disaster : report approved by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition and presented to the Fourth World Health Assembly.

Hunger : disease of millions / [The British Society for International Health Education ; Susan King-Hall].

Betting on famine : why the world still goes hungry / Jean Ziegler ; translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.