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  • Amnon, son of David, simulates illness in order to attract his half sister Tamar, who is preparing a meal; in the corner a physician is examining a urine specimen. Line engraving after M. van Heemskerck.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.
  • A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.
  • Five mens gathered round a table smoking, a woman looks on. Engraving by P. Maloeuvre after A. Brouwer.
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.