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  • An apothecary in his shop. Wood engraving.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A couple and their child consulting a pharmacist in his shop, an apprentice is mixing up a concoction with a large pestle and mortar. Soft-ground etching.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
  • A doctor visiting an Irish patient whose wife queries the recommendation to take one pill three times a day. Wood engraving after D. Wilson, 1903.
  • A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment, surrounded by medicinal plants. Engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1695.
  • An ill man taking a gargling mixture for a sore throat. Coloured aquatint by H. Pyall after M. Egerton, 1827.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F.D. Hardy.
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • A woman doctor bandaging a young woman's hand. Mezzotint, 1787.
  • A typical morning in a nursing-home: the patient seeks rest but is coninually being woken up. Process print after W.K. Haselden.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Etching after J. Northcote.
  • A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.
  • A decrepit man screaming in pain from gout, rheumatism and catarrh; represented as three tormenting devils. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A haggard old woman carelessly mixing a recipe for corns on the fire in her sordid bedroom. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.
  • A sick man stirring his bitter medicine. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1824, after M.W. Sharp.
  • Theo Heemskerk as an alchemist trying in vain to distill a report from members of a commission set up to reform the constitution of the Netherlands. Line block after J. Braakensiek, 1912.
  • A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar amidst a busy workshop. Etching by W. Unger after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A convalescing woman trying in vain to rouse her slumbering hired nurse: the cat scavenges her food and the candle sets light to the carpet. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1807, after T. Rowlandson.
  • A dishevelled nurse with her disgruntled patient. Lithograph by W. Hunt.
  • A decrepit man screaming in pain from gout, rheumatism and catarrh; represented as three tormenting devils. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: pharmacy shop. Steel engraving.
  • A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.
  • Mr. Lambkin ill with his feet in warm water being nursed by Mrs. Slops. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.