Hooker's Malted Milk (in soluble powder) : delicious & nutritious, highest quality / Thew, Hooker & Gilbey, Ltd.

New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.

A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.

Franco-Prussian War: soldiers convalescing in the Palais Royale Military hospital. Etching by H. Tissot, 1870.

A convalescent young woman reading. Gouache painting by David Bles.

Guerre 1914-1917 : Journée nationale des tuberculeux anciens militaires.

In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : bleeding heart tetra.

In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : Siamese fighting fish.

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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

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xvi, 203 pages, [4 leaves of plates] : illustrations, frontispiece ; color map ; 19 cm

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

<p>Leaflet advertising Brand & Co.'s "preparations for invalids": varieties of chicken, beef and mutton extracts. It shows two nurses busy in a clean, well-lit hospital ward. Printed in dark blue on white paper.</p>

1 folded sheet (4 pages) : illustrations ; 21 cm

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

1 print : engraving ; image 7.9 x 13.9 cm

Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.

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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.

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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.

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