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

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.

An American serviceman clutching the letters "VD" like prison-bars from which he yearns to be released. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).

A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.

"When night sets in the sun is down" : from the painting by R. Caton Woodville : post card / National Institute for the Blind.

Boer War: the reading-room at the field hospital, Wynberg, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after R. Thomas.

Russo-Japanese War: soldiers bringing in the wounded to an open air Japanese field hospital. Wash drawing by G. Soper, 1904, after a photograph by J. Ruddiman Johnston.

George Washington on his deathbed, 1799. Coloured engraving by J. Rodgers after Chapin, 1799.

A manual of venereal diseases / by officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps ; introduction by Alfred Keogh ; [prepared by] C.H. Melville [and others].

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

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A manual of venereal diseases / by officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps ; introduction by Alfred Keogh ; [prepared by] C.H. Melville [and others].

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.