Portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in ' An ouroboros [a snake

' An ouroboros [a snake holding its own tail in its mouth] can be seen to the right of the picture

Study of patterns produced by electrical discharges on surfaces revealed by dusting with powdered red lead and sulphur

A waiter on the right draws a cork from a bottle

The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 6

Portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in ' An ouroboros [a snakeFormal photographic portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton, half lenth, left profile. Brunton was a physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He is perhaps best known for the use of amyl nitrite in the treatment of angina. Brunton delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1889 on The Chemical structure of Physiological Action. Brunton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1874. Original: carbon print, cabinet card. ca. 1874