Practices Collection

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patie
History of medicine. Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patient. Miniature. Anatomy treaty. 14th century

Montezuma is allowed to be seen in public, by going out to his Temples... Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional

ELECTION NOTICES 1978
Notices explain to the voter the practices of the election Date: 1978

PLANTS / HERBS / GENERAL
MA-KOU, a Chinese divinity who studied magical practices, and is associated with medicinal herbs Date: 1918

Sabbatarians stop delivery of post on Sunday
Sabbatarians achieve a short lived victory, having stopped the delivery of post on Sundays. Though pleasing to Post Office workers, it infuriated the public. Date: 1850

Trepanation. Miniature. 14th c. Treatise on anatomy by Mondi
Illustration of trepanation. Miniature. 14th century. Treatise on anatomy by Mondino de Liuzzi (1270-1326). Italian anatomist nad profesor of Bologna

The Artistic Smoker by H M Bateman - or, Practice Makes Perfect. This illustration shows an artist teaching himself to blow smoke rings. His easel is abandoned in the background

Caesarean section. Miniature. Faits de Romains (Acts of Romans) Chronicles the life of Julius Caesar. Medival Work. 1213-1214

Operation a calculation of the gallbladder. Xilografia. Hort
Medical history. Doctor operating a calculation of the gallbladder. Xilografia. Hortus Sanitatis by Johannes de Cuba (1430-1503). 15th C

Thomas Pelham Dale 2
THOMAS PELHAM DALE English churchman whose ritualistic practices offended some, leading to legal battles and as seen here, a brief incarceration in Holloway. Date: 1821 - 1892

Thomas Pelham Dale
THOMAS PELHAM DALE Scholarly English churchman whose ritualistic practices offended some, leading to legal battles and a brief incarceration in Holloway. Date: 1821 - 1892

Temple of Solomon
According to Masonic doctrine, their craft has its origins in the building of King Solomons Temple, amid occult practices and sinister goings-on

Boy with bullock plough in Austria, believed to be near Neutitschein as the photogrpaher waqs visiting the Huckel hat factory at the time

Japan - Shinto Priestesses
Lantern slide of Japan, Shinto Priestesses. Shinto or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the people of Japan

Piano practicing song
A mother supervises her daughter as she practices the piano. A Practicing song by Laura E. Richards accompanies the picture. Date: 1892

Humorous pictures showing Chinese religious practices (may include Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder, seated in front in bottom cartoon). Date 1895

Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder, ranting to a crowd of Chinese Buddhist worshippers). Date 1895

At the Conservatoire
A student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France

Life / Her Tackling Dummy, 1924
This lady has her own version of a football Tackling Dummy - a life size American footballer ! on which she practices the art of love and seduction

Debutante Learns Curtsey
Mrs Ruby Peeler instructs a debutante in the art of the curtsey. She balances a box on her head and practices the knee lock, which should prevent her overbalancing

C15 Italian Bank
An Italian banking house, depicted in a book on commercial practices of the period

Medicinal Herbs Goddess
MA-KOU, a Chinese divinity who studied magical practices, and is associated with medicinal herbs

Cannibals / Sabbat (1783)
Cannibalistic practices at a witches Sabbat

Witches : Praetorius
The title page of the witchcraft book of Johannes Praetorius, entitled Blocksbergesverichtung showing witches engaged in their sabbat practices

Witches of Blocksberg
The witches of the Blocksberg, Germany, engaged in their appalling, blasphemous and lascivious practices, assisted by their diabolical friends

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