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  • A nurse attempts to wake up one of her patients who has just died. Wood engraving by G. King, 1906.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • An old lady being frank about her financial situation with an affluent doctor. Wood engraving by G. King, 1909.
  • A doctor checking on his convalescing patient. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.
  • A country gentleman surprised at the cost of his doctor's fees. Reproduction of a drawing, 1921.
  • An aggressive colonel barging his way into a doctor's consulting-room demanding to have his liver inspected. Reproduction after a drawing by G.L. Stampa, 1926.
  • A doctor attempting to talk to an ill child and being completely misunderstood. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Baumer, 1926.
  • A man vaccinating a small girl, other girls with loosened bodices wait their turn apprehensively. Gouache by L. Calkin, ca. 1901.
  • A doctor giving a diagnosis of tonsillitis to a patient who is an author, the patient replies it will be useful for his next novel. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1927.
  • A man vaccinating a small girl, other girls with loosened bodices wait their turn apprehensively. Gouache by L. Calkin, ca. 1901.
  • A doctor on the telephone (which is linked up to a television screen) to a patient whom he can both observe and talk to from a distance; representing possible technical innovations. Line block after D.L. Ghilchip, 1932.
  • A fashionable lady asking her doctor what ailments he can invent for her - so that she convince her husband to take her to Cannes. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Prance, 1927.
  • A patient alarmed at his doctor's request that he abstain from alcohol for a month. Reproduction of a drawing after F. Reynolds, 1925.
  • An old lady asking her doctor about 'Violet Ray', referring to ultra violet rays. Reproduction of a drawing after H.M. Brock, 1925.
  • A patient asks his doctor's advice about visiting a hotter country; the doctor retorts that that's what he is trying to save him from. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.
  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • A doctor visiting a patient who insists on self medication; representing Lord Rosebery's chairmanship of a committee advocating reform in the House of Lords. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1907.