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  • The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort / by Mrs Isabella Beeton.
  • My story of the war : a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion / [Mary Ashton Livermore].
  • My story of the war : a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion / [Mary Ashton Livermore].
  • A visiting Red Cross nurse giving a drink to a grateful woman in bed. Colour lithograph, 194-.
  • A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles.
  • A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles.
  • In a sick room.
  • A mother with a baby; advertising the Maternity Hospital, Chicago. Colour lithograph, 1895.
  • A mother with a baby; advertising the Maternity Hospital, Chicago. Colour lithograph, 1895.
  • Municipal old people's home (Fondation Valentin), Levallois-Perret: façade and lateral elevation. Process print, 1913.
  • Le médecin chez soi : médecine, hygiène et pharmacie domestique : tableau enseignant : les moyens de remédier aux accidents les plus communs et indiquant les remèdes les plus efficaces.
  • Municipal old people's home (Fondation Valentin), Levallois-Perret, France. Process print, 1913.
  • A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.
  • A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.
  • A man stirring his broth contemplates his injured head which he holds with his hand. Mezzotint by A. Huffam, 1826, after M.W. Sharp.
  • A domestic remedy: a woman applies a hot iron to her husband's back while their two children look on. Coloured lithograph.
  • A sick child in bed has his castor oil medicine poured for him, France. Process print after J. Geoffroy, 1894.
  • A dishevelled nurse with her disgruntled patient. Lithograph by W. Hunt.
  • A dishevelled nurse with her disgruntled patient. Lithograph by W. Hunt.
  • A sick lady addressing her husband, and being nursed by three women. Mezzotint by V. Green after E. Penny, 1774.
  • A sick lady addressing her husband, and being nursed by three women. Mezzotint by V. Green after E. Penny, 1774.
  • A boy cries in pain in his mother's arms while she tries to wash his cut foot, another child holds a broken glass in the background. Coloured lithograph.
  • A boy cries in pain in his mother's arms while she tries to wash his cut foot, another child holds a broken glass in the background. Coloured line engraving by E. Smith after C. Chisholme.
  • A sailor's widow listens while a woman reads her a letter. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 183?, after J.A. Franquelin.
  • Babies at a maternity hospital refusing to breast feed until the Houses (of Parliament) are dissolved. Coloured lithograph by J.E. Chaponnière, 1831.
  • A surgeon removing an arrow from a man's shoulder. Woodcut.
  • A sick man stirring his bitter medicine. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1824, after M.W. Sharp.
  • An older woman tending to a sick young woman. Watercolour by R.T. Pritchett.
  • A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.
  • Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.