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  • A sick man projects his tongue while a doctor takes his pulse and times it with a sand-glass, a woman looks on over the chair-back. Coloured lithograph.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.
  • Treating the wounded after a battle. Tinted mezzotint by J.C. Rugendas, 17--, after G.P. Rugendas the elder, 1695.
  • A young male physician holding the hand of a female patient, a squirrel is seated next to her chewing. Mezzotint.
  • An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Pen and ink drawing after J.B. Greuze.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Miss Melcombe visits Mr Huntley, while on his deathbed in the attendance of his physician. Engraving, 1771.
  • The sick and lame bend before the apostle Peter, hoping for cure. Coloured lithograph, 1863, after Masaccio.
  • The clyster is prepared for a glutton. Colour line engraving by J.J. Leveau after himself, 1762.
  • Three sick soldiers sharing a bed while another watches over them. Pen and ink drawing by Clarus.
  • Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.
  • A loyal dog puts his paw on the lap of a sick child holding flowers. Reproduction of a painting after B. Riviere.
  • Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • A sick man is seated in an armchair and a doctor is writing his prescription; two monks in the background. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck, 17--.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • A sick tribal chief consulting a witch-doctor admits to having eaten a German missionary. Pen drawing by F. Garnett.
  • A barber-surgeon's house, where monkeys shave cats and let blood. Line engraving, c. 1660, after D. Teniers II.
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • King Louis XIV in bed, having been told that the rumour of King William III's death was untrue, is treated by physicians and surgeons representing different nations. Etching by P. Bouttats., c. 1690.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • A man very ill in bed, his doctor recommends sending for his wife; the patient sees this as extreme action. Wood engraving, 1873.
  • A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.
  • A physician arguing with his wealthy patient who is bed, a visitor appears at the door. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.
  • Sick people entreating a bishop saint to intercede for them. Etching by the Comte de Caylus after G. Brandi.