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  • A doctor advising a patient that a sea voyage is what he needs to cure him, the patient retorts that he has just returned from one. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • Sir John Campbell, Attorney General, sits with his wife, Lady Stratheden, who holds up a crown of the peerage. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Thomas Dromgoole speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin; represented as Doctor Drum "letting the cat out of the bag". Coloured etching, 1813.
  • A black woman thanking a doctor for curing her husband. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1916(?).
  • A well dressed lady asking a doctor how one of his patients is, he retorts that the patient is no longer in his care, the relieved lady replies she is glad the patient is now out of danger. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1901.
  • A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin.
  • A doctor examines a military recruit suffering from a speech disorder. Wood engraving by F. Pegram, 1916.
  • A doctor reading out a letter from a dissatisfied patient to his wife over breakfast. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1878.
  • A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.
  • A German physician recommending to a gouty English patient that he take the waters at various spa resorts in Germany and Bohemia. Wood engraving after R. Cleaver.
  • The Green Bag Committee investigating allegations of sedition and unrest. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1817.
  • An ill physician refusing to let his wife call another doctor. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • A dentist demonstrating the adaptability of false teeth to an apprehensive patient by taking out his own. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1877.
  • A woman storming out to the dentist after having an argument with her husband; he retorts that he hopes her tongue is fixed also. Wood engraving by R. Cleaver, 1894.
  • A patient trying to convince his unsympathetic doctor that a sprained neck is a worse condition than a broken one. Wood engraving by G. King, 1912.
  • A patient dismayed at his doctor's advice not to drink any alcohol while recovering from a cold. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: doctors treating a patient with a dislocated shoulder, ca. 182-. Photograph, 1927, after Johnston, 182-.
  • Introduced by the Duke of Wellington, John Bull and Sir Robert Peel interrupt a dinner table occupied by government ministers and Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Durham, the Governor-General of the British provinces in North America, sits beside E. Ellice on a ship as Turton vomits over the side. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • In a room with red boxes and bundles of papers, the Duke of Wellington is busily working as more are carried in. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Daniel O'Connell transmuted into the form of Satan stands arms aloft with Shiel behind him. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • A seaman telling the ship's doctor that hard work is bad for him. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1898.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • A doctor visiting a senile old man and discussing his verdict with the patient's wife. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.
  • A doctor telling a man that he needs a complete rest from his occupation, which is anarchism. Drawing by B. Thomas, 1922.
  • The Duke of Wellington conducts an orchestra comprising of conservative government ministers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.
  • A doctor telling one of his jovial patients that he would probably make jokes on his death bed, the patient retorts he would - being his last chance. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.