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.

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1 print : photolithograph, with watercolour ; image 3.3 x 6.1 cm.

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

1 drawing : watercolour, with gouache ; image 21.2 x 18.4 cm

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

Hand-drawn illustration using ink and watercolour on paper. 'Sick!' depicts a female patient leaning forward over a bowl, throwing up an assortment of items including tablets, pills and syringes. A yellow arrow indicates the path the objects take.



Following hip-replacement surgery, the artist recorded her experiences and emotions during her post-operative recovery. One of the most inconvenient and humiliating experiences was the frequent vomiting, which came as a side-effect of the pain relieving drugs administered after surgery.

Vomiting and sickness, artwork

<p>Presumably an allegory of the ending of the Venetian Republic on 12 May 1797. A figure representing Venice lies dying on a couch, wearing a Doge's hat. A figure representing France leaves by one door wearing a Jacobin cap and holding a sack of money marked "1200 000". A soldier representing Austria enters by a door on the left. Dandolo's "Reis" was presumably the Crusade of Doge Enrico Dandolo (1107?-1205) to Constantinople</p>

1 print : etching ; image and border 16.6 x 22.5 cm

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

<p>Luke 10.34 tells us that the Samaritan "bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine"</p>

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Sick

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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.

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Sick

Images

Works

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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