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World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

A nutritious food-drink for all ages : Horlick's Malted Milk for the seven ages / Horlick's Food Company.

A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

Horlick's Malted Milk : the original : for all ages... / Horlick's Malted Milk Company.

Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.

Les chirurgiens de l'armée française en Kabylie.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.

World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

Specification of John Henry Lock : bed tables for invalids, &c.

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A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

Specification of John Henry Lock : bed tables for invalids, &c.