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  • Microscope / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • The civilian respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • The civilian respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Air raid wardens and civilian volunteer despatch-rider / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast: a visit by the King and Queen to the Clarence ward. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.
  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • A gouty man talking to his doctor who is totally unsympathetic after discovering that his patient had finished off a bottle of port the previous evening. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1896.
  • A doctor visiting a patient and advising him against drinking alcohol, the patient responds by inviting him to dinner and some port, in order to avoid jury service. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1865.
  • Nursing certificate
  • A physician taking the hand of a sick female patient, her mother is standing near them. Watercolour by A. Jerôme.
  • A physician taking the hand of a sick female patient, her mother is standing near them. Watercolour by A. Jerôme.
  • Boer War: Queen Victoria being presented with flowers by a Victoria Jubilee Nurse at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. Hatherell after W. C. Mills.
  • 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.
  • A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.
  • Paul Kruger offering "Dum-dum" pills to Queen Victoria. Colour lithograph by E. Ogé, ca. 1900.
  • Entrance to Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey showing the busts of John Dryden, Ben Johnson, Abraham Cowley and others. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. Pugin, 1811.
  • A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.
  • Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.
  • A snobbish mother resistant to her daughter's doctor using a vaccine from their neighbour's child. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1872.
  • A man being restrained in a chair while a doctor and nurse prepare to give him some medicine; referring to English politicians' feelings towards Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1833.
  • A patient at home. Oil painting by D. Mary Barber, ca. 1953.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1732, after P. van Somer.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • John Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by J. Phillips?, 1830.
  • A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • King George III. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1801.
  • A doctor examining a disgruntled patient, John Bull, who is being reassured by his master. Lithograph by Crichton, 1834.
  • Glass: the British Flint Glass Makers' Friendly Society. Engraving by H. Wilkinson, 18--, after J. Northwood.