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  • 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.
  • A stethoscope representing an advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of dying from AIDS by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.
  • A nurse uses a stethoscope on a child with a thermometer in his mouth: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2008.
  • An Indonesian child being examined with a stethoscope; representing support for the healthcare work of Memisa in Indonesia, recommended by the actor Willem Nijholt. Colour lithograph for Memisa, ca. 199-.
  • Société Zoologique de France: the zoologist Charles Schlumberger looking at sea-creatures through a stethoscope, with Jules Richard as a sailor looking on, illustrating the menu of the society's dinner. Line block by J.T.C., 1903.
  • 4 Laennec stethoscopes.
  • Stethoscopes introduced by Billings
  • A disillusioned looking doctor holding a stethoscope looks down at his patient who is flattened by a large expanse of black bearing the words 'AIDS still no cure' with a reminder to practice safe sex; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1991.
  • A girl holding a teddy, a hand on the shoulder of another girl, a boy being tested with a stethoscope and a mother holding a child; advertisement for the 5th annual national Pediatric AIDS conference, September 6-8, 1989, Los Angeles, California. Colour lithograph by T. J. B., 1989.
  • A disillusioned looking doctor holding a stethoscope looks down at his patient flattened by a large expanse of black bearing the words 'AIDS still no cure' with a reminder to practice safe sex (monotone version); an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1991.
  • 4 Stethoscopes. A- perhaps Duckworth's, B- Duckworth's, signed Maw. C- Fergusson or Stoke's type. D- obtained from France.
  • 6 portable stethoscopes. Robert's circa 1885, D and E- are similar to examples illustrated by Krohne and Sesemann, 1901
  • 5 Stethoscopes. A- very small, B and C- obtained from Italy. D- bell shaped. E- not unlike a french type.
  • Karel Frederic Wenckebach demonstrates a boy's heartbeat to a medical class: students listen through stethoscopes connected to a machine. Process print, ca. 1925.
  • 4 Stethoscopes. A- small, funnel-shaped, lined with brass. B- obatined from Italy. C- obtained from Italy. D- bell shaped, probably 1850s to 1860s. E- probably Stoke's type.
  • 5 stethoscopes. A-similar to Truabe's, cf. Krohne & Sesemann, 1879, p.108, no.20. B- Fergusson or Stoke's type. C- similar to Traube's. D- probably French, similar to Traube's.
  • James Andrew. Reproduction of mezzotint after J. Collier.
  • Royal Portsmouth Hospital: Connaught Ward, with men patients, members of the medical staff, and nurses. Photograph, 1902.
  • World War One: British prisoners of war at Ruhleben camp being examined for "barbed-wire disease" by a German army officer. Coloured pen and ink drawing by R. Walker, 1917.
  • Caricatural illustration of ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
  • A fashionable lady asking her doctor what ailments he can invent for her - so that she convince her husband to take her to Cannes. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Prance, 1927.
  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tuberculous patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris. Gouache after T. Chartran.
  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Heliogravure after a painting by T. Chartran.
  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Heliogravure after a painting by T. Chartran.
  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Heliogravure after a painting by T. Chartran.
  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Reproduction after a painting by T. Chartran.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • Medicine in 1850 Exhibition, 1950