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Images

  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: the isolation hospital seen from outside. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • 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.
  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.
  • An ill man being bled by a surgeon. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • St Pancras Smallpox Hospital, London: housed in a tented camp at Finchley. Watercolour by F. Collins, 1881.
  • 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.
  • Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.
  • A doctor taking the pulse of a country squire; the smug doctor receives a drink from the butler while his disgruntled patient's medicine is prepared by the maid. Lithograph by W. Hunt, 1825, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.
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Works

  • view The deaths of the kings of England / by James Rae.
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    The deaths of the kings of England / by James Rae.

    Rae, James | Date: 1913
  • view A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.
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    A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690 | Reference: 22594i
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    Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

    Müller, Jürgen, 1963- | Date: [1999], ©1999
  • view The operating room and the patient / by Russell S. Fowler.
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    The operating room and the patient / by Russell S. Fowler.

    Fowler, Russell S. (Russell Story), 1874-1959 | Date: 1906
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    Hospital : Series two Part 2

    | Date: 2017
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