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  • 'Philijpÿn' helps a donkey to vomit while a 'Doctor Financier' examines a urine sample;; representing the state of Spain under the monarchy of King Philip V. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1711.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin in her room. Engraving by C.J. Visscher (?).
  • Specification of Edmund Adolphus Kirby : adjusting couch for medical, surgical, and general purposes.
  • Specification of Edmund Adolphus Kirby : adjusting couch for medical, surgical, and general purposes.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing.
  • A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers, one reclines on a bed and the other sits. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • A pregnant woman on an obstetrical bed. Line engraving by G.B. Cipriani after S. Clementi.
  • A nobleman lying ill in a four poster bed converses with another man as a maid pours him a drink. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.
  • John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.
  • Two men, possibly students, undressing a drunken doctor they have carried home, verse below. Lithograph.
  • Mary dies amid a commotion of apostles and angels. Etching by L. Bridi after de Antioni after M. d'Oggioni.
  • The Middlesex Hospital: the interior of one of the female wards. coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1808, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
  • 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 mechanism to enable invalids to lift themselves up into the sitting position in bed. Engraving by A.W. Warren, ca. 1820, after H.W. Reveley.
  • A physician examining a urine flask of a scantily dressed attractive woman who is in bed surrounded by her mother, lover and servant. Engraving by A.F. David after J.B. Leprince.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.
  • A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.
  • A woman handing a note to her physician after giving birth, the midwife is seated near her. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
  • The paralytic is lowered down in his bed from the roof in order that Jesus can cure him. Woodcut.
  • Hezekiah lies ailing in bed, surrounded by anxious soldiers and ministers. Engraving.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A sick woman is attended to by three men. Colour line engraving by C.J.D. Eisen after himself, 1762.