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  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.
  • A man performing a painful operation on a woman's tooth. Oil painting by Pieter van Laer, 16--.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A surgeon bleeding the arm of a young woman: she is being comforted by another woman. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson (?), 1784.
  • A physician examining the urine of a pregnant girl. Oil painting attributed to a Netherlandish painter, 18th century.
  • A man visits a woman in hospital. Colour process print after a lithograph by T.A. Steinlen.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the female workroom. Wood engraving probably by F. Vizetelly after F. Palmer, 1860.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm, and a physician examining a urine-flask. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, 18th (?) century.
  • A gynaecological operation. Colour lithograph by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.
  • A young physician in military uniform applying an instrument to a woman's neck, while an older man with papers in hand is watching him. Drawing by O. Gerlach.
  • A woman recommending Pildoras Hermosina as a remedy for female maladies. Colour lithograph.
  • A girl (Akae) with a tumour over her right eye. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.
  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • An embarrassed female patient is caught undressed by a leering medical assistant. Colourprocess print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A surgeon bleeding a woman patient's arm, he is assisted by two attendants. Engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.
  • A physician-virtuoso in his cabinet, examining a flask of urine brought by a lady. Oil painting by a painter in the circle of Gerard Thomas, early 18th century.
  • A lady, with her maid, consults an apothecary in his workroom, for a love philtre (?). Coloured lithograph, c.1850.
  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician examining the urine of a pregnant girl. Oil painting attributed to a Netherlandish painter, 18th century.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • A physician examining the urine of a pregnant girl. Oil painting attributed to a Netherlandish painter, 18th century.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • A patient anonymised by hospital life. Colour giclée print by Emily Brown, 2004.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.