A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers, the younger.

Crimean War: ambulance men collecting the wounded after the Battle of Inkermann. Wood engraving.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.

The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.

Franco-Prussian War: wounded German soldiers on their way home from France. Wood engraving.

The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.

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1 photomechanical print : halftone ; image 26.4 x 19.3 cm

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

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

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Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

<p>One in a series of lithographs by Jean-Henri Marlet that were published in Paris in 1817. They look back at the recently finished Napoleonic wars, representing stock incidents of war with spirit but with little affection. This one, perhaps set in Italy or Spain, features four episodes which together form a concise study of the ways in which the suffering of the wounded could be relieved, and by whom. The title "Les bons camarades" (good comrades) implies mutual self-help and improvisation among the soldiers of a defeated army, rather than confidence in aid from a professional team of stretcher-bearers</p>

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 25.9 x 20.8 cm

Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.

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

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

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

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.

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

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Wounds and injuries

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

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

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.

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

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