Alternative Collection (#2)

Facial acupuncture, artwork
Acupuncture. Computer artwork of acupuncture needles on a womans face. This traditional Chinese practice uses needles to restore an energy flow through specific points on the skin

Evening primrose oil capsules. Oil from the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) contains the anti-inflammatory fatty acid gamma linolenic acid (GLA)

Acupuncture on womans back, artwork
Acupuncture. Computer artwork of acupuncture needles placed along a womans back. This traditional Chinese practice uses needles to restore an energy flow through specific points on the skin

Acupuncture chart

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise
Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this

German Nudist Beach
AT THE FREIBAD Scene on a German popular beach where a relaxed attitude is taken to dress codes Date: 1920s

Dark Hallow Angel
Owe Emfestav

Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving
537155 Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving; (add.info.: Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9)

Acupuncture chart for front of the body. 19th century (Japanese wood block)
536294 Acupuncture chart for front of the body. 19th century (Japanese wood block); Universal History Archive/UIG

The use of cupping therapy
5307485 The use of cupping therapy.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the use of cupping therapy. Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine)

Acupuncture chart. 19th century (woodcut)
536291 Acupuncture chart. 19th century (woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893) giving a clinical lecture at the Salpetriere, 1887 (engraving)
542287 Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893) giving a clinical lecture at the Salpetriere, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving after painting by Andre Brouillet)

Acupuncture chart for rear of the body. 19th century (Japanese wood block)
536297 Acupuncture chart for rear of the body. 19th century (Japanese wood block); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dancing Pourover
Skilled barista with ceramic pour-over, pitcher and coffee splashes, puppet master concept. Dina Belenko

He must see things favorably!, 1828. Creator: Auguste Raffet
He must see things favorably!, 1828

Round Way, from Souvenirs d'Italie: Expédition de Rome, 1859. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Round Way, from Souvenirs d'Italie: Expedition de Rome, 1859

Scotland, Fife, Lundin Links Stone Circle. A frosty morning at Lundin Links Stone Circle located on the second fairway of the Ladies golf course

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Tyrebagger Stone Circle. First light of the day illuminates the recumbent stone circle at Tyrebagger on the outskirts of Aberdeen over looking the Airport

Aerial view of wind turbines at sea, North Holland, Netherlands

Tantric diagram of the left hand (gouache and w/c on paper)
DND221207 Tantric diagram of the left hand (gouache and w/c on paper) by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Vaidya Dhanvantari, Supreme Saint of Ayurveda Medicine
DND112086 Vaidya Dhanvantari, Supreme Saint of Ayurveda Medicine by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Alternatives
Natalia

Wind turbine against blue sky background

Eolian turbines park at sunet, warm light. Wind power concept

Mykonos sanset landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Greece

Mykonos landscape with a windmill, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Mykonos landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Mykonos windmills, old harbour, Chora, Mykonos Island, Greece

Mykonos evening landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Caricatures of the Salon des Refuses of 1864 (litho)
CHT468173 Caricatures of the Salon des Refuses of 1864 (litho) by Darjoy, Alfred (1832-74); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

BLACKS ON THE BEACH
Habitues of la plage nudiste (though only a few are totally bare) are shocked when they are joined by a black couple. Date: 1932

Receptionists at St Andrews Brine Baths in Droitwich, Miss Evelyn Priddy (left) and Miss Eliza Jane Diggory, are retiring after devoting a joint total of 98 years to easing other peoples aches

A group of young "beachniks"living on a barge in Shoreham-by-Sea
A group of young " beachniks" living on a barge in Shoreham-by-Sea. They have embarked on an experiment of collective and nearly self-sufficient living

Clearing snow off railway lines at Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947, using the recently developed Jet Engine

Rolls Royce and Railway staff, carrying out trials with a jet engine to clear snow off railway lines, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947

Ian Brown performing, he is the support act at a Catatonia concert at Margam Park, South Wales. 29th May 1999

Fans covered in mud, at Margam Park to watch Catatonia performing, South Wales. 29th May 1999

Catatonia performing at Margam Park, South Wales. 29th May 1999

BATHING IN THE SUN
Young women bathing in the sunshine and fresh air Date: 1905

L. N. E. R. Camping Coach - accomodates six persons
L.N.E.R. Camping Coach - accomodates six persons and equipped with every requisite for a camping holiday. A rent of 3 a week in high season... Date: 1930s

Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Beqa (Benga) Lagoon, a reserve where sharks are fed as part of a commercial diving operation. Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific

Greylag geese (Anser anser). Cley, Norfolk, UK, March. Digital composite

Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a fence post, stretching its wings, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Declines the Offer to Accede to the Danish Throne... 1825-1826
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Declines the Offer to Accede to the Danish Throne and Recommends his Sister's Son Christian, Count of Oldenburg, 1825-1826

Aerial view of wind turbines on land and at sea, North Holland, Netherlands

Aerial view of wind turbines on land and at sea, North Holland, Netherlands

Idaho, USA. Wind turbines in a field on the Iowa prairie in the American Midwest

Punks - 1980s - fashion, women, punk, vintage stills photographic library archive 80s

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