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  • An attractive female doctor being approached by three burly men enquiring about nursing work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1870.
  • 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 doctor asking a child patient if he would like to follow a career in medicine when he was older, the child's mother retorts that he couldn't as he was unable to do anybody any harm. Wood engraving by C. Shepperson?, 1910.
  • A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A well known doctor giving a prescription to a patient and telling him if it doesn't work to come back. Reproduction of a drawing after G.L. Stampa, 1926.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • 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 doctor is dismayed to discover that his patient has been eating animal feed when he had recommended animal food. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1879.