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Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.

A military doctor prescribing whiskey lotion for a soldier's sprained foot - his patient requesting Irish. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.

Bandaging techniques for use in first aid. Lithograph, ca. 1900.

Points in arteries where pressure reduces bleeding. Colour lithograph by Rhode Island Council of War Agencies, 194-.

First aid for lay people before the doctor arrives. Colour lithograph, ca. 1920.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Boer War: hospital camp treating patients. Pen and ink drawing.

First aid to the injured : with special reference to accidents occuring in the mountains : a handbook for guides, climbers and travellers / by Oscar Bernhard ; tr. from the German by Michael G. Foster.

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

Manual of popular instructions, for recovering persons apparently dead from drowning, suffocation, lightning : to which are added, remarks on the accidents incident to children and cautions, hints &c to persons exposed to the accidents and diseases for the prevention and cure of which this tract is designed / drawn up under the sanction, and with the assistance of Dr. Hawes, institutor and treasurer of the Royal Humane Society, London.

The Ebola-American war : treating Ebola & similar fatal infections at home  / Ryan Chamberlin.

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Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

First aid to the injured : with special reference to accidents occuring in the mountains : a handbook for guides, climbers and travellers / by Oscar Bernhard ; tr. from the German by Michael G. Foster.

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

The Ebola-American war : treating Ebola & similar fatal infections at home / Ryan Chamberlin.