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  • 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.
  • An American physician of the late nineteenth century, with his doctor's bag and horse and buggy; advertising the medicine "Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery". Colour lithograph by E.C. Pease, 1910.
  • A pink background bearing the white lettering: "Sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Artzt über AIDS-Verhütung". [Talk to your doctor about AIDS prevention]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • An orange background bearing the white message "Your doctor has a duty of confidentiality. And you have freedom of speech on AIDS, sexuality and drug problems"; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG in association with the Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A blue background bearing the white lettering: "Fragen Sie ihren Arzt, was am "AIDS-Test" positiv und negativ ist" [Ask your doctor what the "AIDS test" positive and negative is]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • A green background bearing the white lettering: "AIDS ist für Ihre Ärztin kein Tabu. Sprechen Sie mit ihr darüber."[AIDS is not a taboo subject for your doctor. Talk to her about it]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • A blue background bearing the white lettering: "AIDS und Kind: Ein Thema für Arzt und Eltern" [AIDS and children: An issue for doctors and parents]; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG, Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Engravings: advertisment for anaesthetist's bags.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.
  • A besotted physician asks his young patient to cure him of his heartache. Coloured lithograph after C. Philipon, c. 1830.
  • A doctor taking the pulse of a country squire; the smug doctor receives a drink from the butler while his disgruntled patient's medicine is prepared by the maid. Lithograph by W. Hunt, 1825, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Wood strolling blind lutist, Biwa in bag slung over shoulder.
  • A man on a bicycle with a physician riding pillion; advertising the film "When father fetched the doctor". Colour lithograph, 191-.
  • A man wearing a half suit and half dress costume.
  • A man wearing a half suit and half dress costume.
  • Talk to your doctor about AIDS prevention
  • Ask your doctor what the "AIDS test" positive and negative is
  • A fashionable lecturer demonstrates the art of physiognomy through reference to busts. Etching, 1765.
  • An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.
  • The rulers of Europe as doctors prescribing remedies for Empress Maria Theresa. Etching and letterpress, 1742.