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  • A hospital physician asks a patient about his drinking, the patient replies whatever is on offer. Wood engraving after C. Keene.
  • A doctor examining a little boy for throat problems, he enquires whether the child snores, the child retorts that his mother does. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1894.
  • A doctor expressing his thanks to a wealthy man for overpaying him, he hopes to pay him back in work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1894.
  • A hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.
  • A doctor and the wife of his patient talking at cross purposes. Reproduction of a drawing by H.M. Brock, 1921.
  • A child with a swollen mouth being led by a woman to visit an apothecary, who is seated in his laboratory. Drawing by William Heath Robinson.
  • A female patient sits on her doctor's lap. Lithograph.
  • Above, the emperor Aurangzeb consults a physician; below, one of the emperor's sons is attended by physicians. Gouache painting, 17--.
  • A physician holds up a glass of urine in a hospital. Pen drawing.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman who shows him her tongue. Drawing by M. von Luttich.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • A woman misunderstanding instructions about meals and medicine for her husband from the doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after H.M. Brock, 1936.
  • A beautiful young woman being examined by a bald fat doctor. Chromolithograph.
  • A doctor takes the temperature of a gloomy patient. Reproduction of a drawing by G. Jennis, 1919.
  • A phrenologist working on the head of a boy. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
  • A doctor asking a child patient if he would like to follow a career in medicine when he was older, the child's mother retorts that he couldn't as he was unable to do anybody any harm. Wood engraving by C. Shepperson?, 1910.
  • A doctor advising his patient to give up life's pleasures - though not to go so far as to get married. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1880.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A phrenologist working on the head of a boy. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
  • A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.
  • A doctor telling an overweight patient (who mishears him) that he needs to cut out his apéritif not his appendix. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Thomas, 1923.
  • Top, three bandaged heads; centre, a naked surgeon sets the arm of a naked patient both flanked by bandaged women; bottom, bandaged bodies and limbs. Engraving.
  • Top, three bandaged heads; centre, a naked surgeon sets the arm of a naked patient both flanked by bandaged women; bottom, bandaged bodies and limbs. Engraving.
  • Top, three bandaged heads; centre, a naked surgeon sets the arm of a naked patient both flanked by bandaged women; bottom, bandaged bodies and limbs. Engraving.
  • A young woman being attended by a (homoeopathic?) physician. Coloured photolithograph.
  • Top, three bandaged heads; centre, a naked surgeon sets the arm of a naked patient both flanked by bandaged women; bottom, bandaged bodies and limbs. Engraving.
  • A doctor applying a stethoscope to a boy's back when the boy expects him to examine his chest. Wood engraving after C.A. Shepperson, 1908.
  • An eminent physician looks at the tongue of an elderly hypochondriac. Colour etching after J.F. Dunant, 1823.
  • A physician checks the pulse of a patient in a hospital. Pen drawing.