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  • A mat-making couple. Gouache drawing.
  • A king holding court. Ink drawing.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Basket weavers. Gouache drawing.
  • Page 159: two images of women in their traditional costume. Watercolour drawing.
  • A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • A Patanee couple. Gouache drawing.
  • Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire. Coloured engraving by P. Brannon, 1846.
  • Hindu basket maker and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A man of high rank in the Congo is being carried in a litter by four other men. Engraving by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig.
  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.
  • Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • Misunderstanding between a doctor and his working-class patient, who has swallowed the leeches he prescribed. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1877.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • Jewelry maker. Gouache drawing.
  • A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • A poor man suffering from indigestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Lithograph after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
  • Bangle maker and his wife. Watercolour drawing.
  • A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.
  • A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.
  • Parade and Bath-House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Lithograph by H. Harris.
  • A man resting after a drink; representing good digestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.
  • An estate worker who is sweeping up autumn leaves takes off his hat in deference to a little boy who is heir to the estate. Process print after G.H. Boughton, 1873.
  • Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.