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  • The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen: he passes a water-flask to a fellow soldier. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter, 1782.
  • A knight in armour with the silhouette of his sword and a fluorescent pink condom below representing the need for sexual protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • Treating the wounded after a battle. Tinted mezzotint by J.C. Rugendas, 17--, after G.P. Rugendas the elder, 1695.
  • A challenge : Bisolvon meets, at mucous gland level, the challenge of the thick, tenacious, non-purulent sputum so characteristic of the chronic bronchitic.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.
  • Durga riding on a tiger in triumph with Karthikeya and Hanuman. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Chodowiecka.
  • A challenge : Bisolvon meets, at mucous gland level, the challenge of the thick, tenacious, non-purulent sputum so characteristic of the chronic bronchitic.
  • Wound man showing all the weapons and points of injury. Woodcut.
  • A challenge : Bisolvon meets, at mucous gland level, the challenge of the thick, tenacious, non-purulent sputum so characteristic of the chronic bronchitic.
  • The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.
  • The Emperor Charles V. Engraving by Th. Kessel, 16--, after Titian.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Durga on her lotus with symbols surrounded and attended by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
  • Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
  • Jeanne d'Arc, at the siege of Paris. Line engraving by J. Roze after H.F.E. Philippoteaux.
  • The battle of Gwalior: the Rani of Jhansi leads her troops. Gouache drawing, 186-(?).
  • A Scotsman with a rifle, sword and shield guarding barrels (of tobacco?). Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.
  • Battle between Sikhs and English. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Oil painting by Benjamin West, ca. 1771.
  • The battle of Gwalior: the Rani of Jhansi leads her troops. Gouache drawing, 186-(?).
  • Minerva with a trophy. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.
  • Crimean War: ambulance men removing the wounded from the Battle of Sebastopol. Wood engraving.
  • Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Engraving by G. Tomba after F. Rosaspina after G. Reni.
  • World War One: a mounted Cossack ambulance convoy using horses as stretcher-bearers. Halftone after F. de Haenen, 1916, after a sketch by H. Seppings Wright.
  • Malta: the armoury of the Governor's Palace. Photograph by H. Agius, c. 1881.
  • Soldiers being offered medical help behind the battlefield. Lithograph.