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  • A patient telling her doctor that if she won a sweepstake it would do her more good than all his medication. Line block after C. Graves, 1932.
  • Five surgeons participating in the amputation of a man's leg while another oversees them. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1793.
  • Five surgeons participating in the amputation of a man's leg while another oversees them. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1793.
  • A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A physician talking to a patient who is in bed. Etching by D. Berger, 1775, after D. Chodowiecki.
  • A doctor asking an elderly patient if he has taken a box of pills that he has prescribed, the patient retorts that he found the boxes difficult to swallow. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1906.
  • Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Halftone after H.M. Paget after R. Thiele, 1900.
  • Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Wash drawing with gouache by H.M. Paget after Reinhold Thiele, 1900.
  • The medical practitioner as Christ, angel, man and devil. Coloured engravings by J. Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The medical practitioner as Christ, angel, man and devil. Coloured engravings by J. Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • A country gentleman surprised at the cost of his doctor's fees. Reproduction of a drawing, 1921.
  • Two female patients taking advantage of a young inexperienced doctor's desire to please by taking up too much of his time. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • A gagging man surrounded by confused consultants and medical students. Coloured etching, 1800.
  • Drills and exercises : amendments (No. 1) / by command of the Army Council, the War Office.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: an operating room with an anxious surgeon and fainting nurses. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Medical Department of the Army : the annual dinner of the medical officers of the army, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street, on Saturday the 12th May 1827 : P. McGregor, esq. serjeant-surgeon to the King, in the chair.
  • Medical Department of the Army : the annual dinner of the medical officers of the army, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street, on Saturday the 12th May 1827 : P. McGregor, esq. serjeant-surgeon to the King, in the chair.
  • A discussion between a man and woman at a party (above) and a patient asking a doctor if it is necessary for him to have an operation (below). Process print after W. Lunt, 1913.
  • A physician bleeding a patient, other patients are waiting to see him; two erotes depicted on the shoulder of the vessel. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, ca. 1937.
  • Poor Henry consults a doctor in Salerno about his leprosy: they sit opposite each other in the doctor's study while the doctor explains his remedy. Aquatint by F. Hegi, 1810.
  • A doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
  • An ill man throwing a tantrum and a hot-water bottle after hearing his rubber shares have gone down. Process print after S. Wood, 1912.
  • A patient asks his doctor's advice about visiting a hotter country; the doctor retorts that that's what he is trying to save him from. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • A patient asking her doctor his political leanings, he retorts that it varies - depending on who he is treating. Wood engraving after A.T. Smith.