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  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.
  • A woman wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages after breast feeding it, several other women and a small child sit with her. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • Four children, two with measles, in the same bed: their mother tells the district nurse that there is no risk of infection. Wood engraving by S. Wood, 1915.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients engaged in reading, writing, playing cards, etc. Coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • A bedridden sick young woman being examined by a doctor, accompanied by her anxious parents. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1838, after Sir D. Wilkie.
  • Two doctors arguing over the bed of a dying patient. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after J.B. Oudry.
  • A country doctor comforting the mother of a sick child, who is in bed in the background. Mezzotint by J.A. Allais after P. Duval-Lecamus.
  • A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • Cabinet-making: design for a canopied bed. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • Hydrotherapy: eight vignettes of different cures at Gräfenberg, Germany. Lithograph, ca. 1860.
  • A mother wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages, with a child, the baby's nurse, and two other servants. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1633.
  • A new-born baby about to receive its first bath. Wood engraving.
  • The paralytic is brought on a stretcher to Christ. Engraving by P. Lightfoot after J.B. Jouvenet.
  • A wealthy Dutch man comforting his wife after giving birth, the child is being fed by a nursemaid. Engraving by P. Tanje, 1757, after C. Troost.
  • Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Chodowiecka.
  • A doctor is delighted at confronting a full-blown case of cholera. Coloured lithograph by Cham, c. 1845.
  • The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.
  • Delilah cuts the sleeping Samson's hair, smiling at the Philistine soldiers waiting in the shadows. Engraving.
  • Cabinet-making: design for a canopied bed. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Two doctors arguing over the bed of a dying patient. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after J.B. Oudry.
  • While Joseph works in his carpenter's shop, the angel steals into the house and announces the birth of Christ to Mary. Engraving by J. Sadeler, ca. 1615, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
  • A surgeon instructing a younger surgeon how to bleed a male patient's foot, a woman is comforting the patient. Engraving, 1586.
  • Christ raises Jairus' daughter; Jairus kisses Christ's foot. Stipple engraving by J. Jenkins after Delonne.