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A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.

World War One: three soldiers sterilising water for the troops. Gouache painting, c. 1916.

Russo-Japanese War: wounded Russian and Japanese soldiers lie on a hillside as one man goes in search of water. Pen and ink drawing, 1904.

Dunlop Cosimax hot water bottles / Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd.

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A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.

Russo-Japanese War: wounded Russian and Japanese soldiers lie on a hillside as one man goes in search of water. Pen and ink drawing, 1904.

Dunlop Cosimax hot water bottles / Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd.

World War One: three soldiers sterilising water for the troops. Gouache painting, c. 1916.