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Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.

A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.

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.

Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.

Christ stands among sick people ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.

Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.

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.

Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Drawing by or after E. Le Sueur, 16--.

St. John of God carrying a sick patient from a hospital ward. Line engraving by G. Petrini.

A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.

Vomiting and sickness, artwork

A patient on his deathbed, representing the death of the Venetian Republic. Etching, ca. 1797.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

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A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.

Vomiting and sickness, artwork

A patient on his deathbed, representing the death of the Venetian Republic. Etching, ca. 1797.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.