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  • A Korean acupuncturist inserting a needle into the leg of a male patient.
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • A Chinese (?) physician giving a sick patient a large bowl containing medicine (?). Wood engraving by G.M.
  • A woman dying in the arms of her family, an unhappy doctor leaves the room realising that it is his final payment. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1786.
  • A woman dying in the arms of her family, an unhappy doctor leaves the room realising that it is his final payment. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1786.
  • A Korean acupuncturist inserting a needle into the leg of a male patient.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • An obese man consulting a doctor. Coloured etching.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured pen drawing by A.G., 1821, after J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by P. Maguire after J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • An emaciated patient protesting to his doctor, who is satisfied with his patient's demise. Watercolour.
  • A doctor being tricked into drinking his own medicine. Engraving, 1784.
  • 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 dismayed man reading his doctor's recommendations to cut back on aspects of life that he enjoys. Wood engraving by Swains, 1888, after Sir J. Tenniel.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.
  • A patient forcing a doctor to take some of his own medicine. Coloured engraving, 1794.
  • A surgeon operating on a man's head. Engraving by H. Bary, 1658, after F. Verwilt.
  • A doctor reprimanding an obese patient for not taking his medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1797.
  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.