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  • A man has separated two boys who were fighting in the playground. Engraving by L. Stocks after W. Mulready.
  • Two angry red heads confronting each other. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
  • Two doctors on horseback in violent confrontation; showing the hostility provoked when a difference of opinion arises in the medical profession. Watercolour.
  • A woman in Rome is trying to separate two women fighting, one is holding a stick, the other is holding a bucket; a child crying in the background. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A little dog attacking the ear of a blood-hound; representing doctor-patient relationships. Lithograph after E.H. Moore.
  • Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
  • Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
  • Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by T. Cook, ca. 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Fear. Disease and death. We shun them because we are alive. We displace it, because we are afraid. Meet the fear. Through confrontation'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.
  • Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794.
  • Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794.
  • Two medicine vendors, their wives, cats and dogs arguing about the merits of their antiscorbutic pills. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury, 1774.
  • Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.
  • An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.