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A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
Lafrensen, Niklas, 1737-1807.Date: [1786]Reference: 15864i
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A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
Reference: 16529i
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Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet at supper. Gouache painting.
Reference: 22633i
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A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.
Baudouin, Pierre-Antoine, 1723-1769.Reference: 15865i
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The peoples of the world : being a popular description of the characteristics, condition, and customs of the human family / by Robert Brown.
Brown, Robert, 1842-1895.Date: 1882
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Sarawak: a Kayan woman dancing with the head of an enemy. Photograph.
Reference: 31438i
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A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.
Alldridge, T. J.Reference: 21403i
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An African medicine man operating on a man's hand. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 21375i
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Family skeletons : exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors / Ruth Paley and Simon Fowler.
Paley, Ruth.Date: 2005
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Antiqvitatvm convivialivm libri III. in qvibvs Hebraeorvm, Graecorvm, Romanorvm aliarvmqve nationvm antiqva conviviorvm genera, necnon mores, consuetudines, ritus ceremoniaeque conuiuiales, atque etiam aliae explicantur ... / Avctore Io. Gvilielmo Stvckio Tigvrino.
Stucki, Johann Wilhelm, -1607.Date: 1582
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Observations on the manners and customs of the Egyptians, the overflowing of the Nile and its effects, with remarks on the plague, and other subjects : written during a residence of twelve years in Cairo and its vicinity / by John Antes ; to which are added, Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt, 1798 ; interesting memoirs of Admirals Nelson and Keith, Sir Sidney Smith, ... &c. &c. ; with an enlarged account of the Battle of the Nile, ...
Antes, John.Date: 1800
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An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.
Reference: 21338i
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Cuerpo y espíritu. Imágenes de vida / fotografías, Christa Cowrie, Marco Antonio Cruz [y] Frida Hartz ; textos, Teresa del Conde.
Cowrie, Christa.Date: 2003
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Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d'après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des plus récents / [by N. Dally]; publié par Auguste Wahlen.
Wahlen, Aug. (Auguste), 1785-1849.Date: 1843-1844
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A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
Buchta, Richard.Reference: 21388i
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A wealthy hypochondriac having two physicians take his pulse at the same time. Line engraving by H. Bourne after A. Solomon.
Solomon, Abraham, 1823-1862.Reference: 21990i
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A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
Buchta, Richard.Reference: 21321i
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Jesus meets the woman from Samaria at the well. Engraving.
Reference: 22516i
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The children of Madagascar / by Herbert F. Standing.
Standing, Herbert, 1846-1923.Date: 1887
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The Folk-lore record.
Date: [1878]-1882
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In the shadow of the pagoda : sketches of Burmese life and character / by E.D. Cuming.
Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941.Date: 1897
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The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge made by Andrew Borde, of physycke doctor : A compendyous regyment; or, A dyetary of helth made in Mountpyllier / compyled by Andrewe Boorde, of physycke doctour. Barnes in the defence of the berde: a treatyse made, answerynge the treatyse of Doctor Borde upon berdes.
Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549.Date: 1870
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The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge made by Andrew Borde, of physycke doctor : A compendyous regyment; or, A dyetary of helth made in Mountpyllier / compyled by Andrewe Boorde, of physycke doctour. Barnes in the defence of the berde: a treatyse made, answerynge the treatyse of Doctor Borde upon berdes / edited, with a life of Andrew Boorde, and large extracts from his Brevyary, by F.J. Furnivall.
Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549.Date: 1870
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Sarawak: a man placing offerings to the omen-birds on poles in the ground. Photograph.
Reference: 31458i
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Transplanting of teeth.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1787Reference: 16596i

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A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.

Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet at supper. Gouache painting.

A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.

The peoples of the world : being a popular description of the characteristics, condition, and customs of the human family / by Robert Brown.

Sarawak: a Kayan woman dancing with the head of an enemy. Photograph.

A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.

An African medicine man operating on a man's hand. Coloured engraving.

Family skeletons : exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors / Ruth Paley and Simon Fowler.

Antiqvitatvm convivialivm libri III. in qvibvs Hebraeorvm, Graecorvm, Romanorvm aliarvmqve nationvm antiqva conviviorvm genera, necnon mores, consuetudines, ritus ceremoniaeque conuiuiales, atque etiam aliae explicantur ... / Avctore Io. Gvilielmo Stvckio Tigvrino.

An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.

Cuerpo y espíritu. Imágenes de vida / fotografías, Christa Cowrie, Marco Antonio Cruz [y] Frida Hartz ; textos, Teresa del Conde.

Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d'après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des plus récents / [by N. Dally]; publié par Auguste Wahlen.

A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.

A wealthy hypochondriac having two physicians take his pulse at the same time. Line engraving by H. Bourne after A. Solomon.

A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.

Jesus meets the woman from Samaria at the well. Engraving.

The children of Madagascar / by Herbert F. Standing.

The Folk-lore record.

In the shadow of the pagoda : sketches of Burmese life and character / by E.D. Cuming.

Sarawak: a man placing offerings to the omen-birds on poles in the ground. Photograph.

Transplanting of teeth.