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A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
Vincent, René, 1879-1936.Date: [1920?]Reference: 47564i
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A woman personifying France (?) rescuing a baby from the tentacles of an octopus representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, ca. 1922.
Cappiello, Leonetto, 1875-1942.Date: [1922?]Reference: 47573i- Videos
Surrealism and science: the weird world of Jean Painleve.
Date: 1995
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On the structure and characters of the octopus ventricosus, Gr. (Sepia octopodia, Pent.), a rare species of octopus from the Firth of Forth / by R. E. Grant.
Date: [1827]
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An octopus bearing the letters 'AIDS' enveloping the world representing a warning about protecting from AIDS by the Kuwait National AIDS Committee. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677117i