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  • Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
  • Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • Life and labour of the people in London. Final volume, Notes on social influences and conclusion / by Charles Booth ; assisted by Jesse Argyle, Ernest Aves, Geo. E. Arkell, Arthur L. Baxter, George H. Duckworth.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a small group of country people. Engraving by W. French after G. Dou.
  • Two nuns in a pharmacy, one holds a sick child on her lap: Sisters of Charity Order. Mezzotint by T. Oldham Barlow, 1862, after H. Browne.
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity at the New Hospital at Pera, Turkey. Wood engraving.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • Less fat? More fibre?? Less sugar??!! More starch?!??! : maybe I'd better read this leaflet called aim for health / Bloomsbury Health Education Department.
  • Less fat? More fibre?? Less sugar??!! More starch?!??! : maybe I'd better read this leaflet called aim for health / Bloomsbury Health Education Department.
  • A nun of the order of St. Vincent de Paul dressing a wounded soldier's leg. Wash drawing by E. de Feu, 1832.
  • Street vendors and shops in a street in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.
  • A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Seven-point plan to improve nutrition communication / Van den Berghs & Jurgens Limited.
  • Seven-point plan to improve nutrition communication / Van den Berghs & Jurgens Limited.
  • Dog watching a cat from Darwin's Expression of the Emotions...
  • C. Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould
  • Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Matthew Robinson-Morris, second Baron Rokeby, an eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Page.
  • C. Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould
  • Diagrams of Frankish & Saxon remains, namely tool heads
  • Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.