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  • An unscrupulous chemist selling a child arsenic and laudanum. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Daniel J. Leech; head and shoulders, face tilted to the left. Process print.
  • A barber cutting a girl's hair: a woman looks on. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A new doctor being vetted by a local parish committee. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A doctor telling his apprentice how to use language correctly. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • An African medicine man cupping and bleeding two patients. Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.
  • Queen Victoria (?) being driven through the sea in a bathing machine. Wood engraving by J. Leech.
  • A potato shaking hands with Edward Jenner, claiming him as a fellow vaccinator. Watercolour by John Leech.
  • Markhams Maisterpeece. Conteyning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech ... / [Gervase Markham].
  • Markhams Maisterpeece. Conteyning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech ... / [Gervase Markham].
  • Markhams Maisterpeece. Conteyning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech ... / [Gervase Markham].
  • A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Women visiting a beach to enjoy geological collecting, study, sewing and other worthy activities. Chromolithograph after John Leech, 1865.
  • Children encouraged by their teachers to box as a positive and healthy recreation. Wood engraving by J. Leech, 1858.
  • John Solomon Rarey with the stallion 'Cruiser', observed by onlookers. Wood engraving by J. Swain after J. Leech, 1858.
  • John Solomon Rarey with the stallion 'Cruiser', observed by onlookers. Wood engraving by J. Swain after J. Leech, 1858.
  • John Solomon Rarey with the stallion 'Cruiser', observed by onlookers. Wood engraving by J. Swain after J. Leech, 1858.
  • A group of women gathered around a fireplace listening to a young man holding forth. Coloured etching by John Leech.
  • Two men are standing on the banks of a river waiting for a catch. Coloured process print after John Leech.
  • A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage, on his way to a hunt meeting. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
  • Sea buckthorn plant (Hippophae rhamnoides) and nine types of leech (Hirudo species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.
  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Mr Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A Welsh leech book, or, Llyfr o feddyginiaeth, faithfully reproduced from the original manuscript / edited by Timothy Lewis, M.A.
  • A dutiful volunteer soldier at his post in the rain even though he has a bad cold. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • Three children automatically putting out their tongues for inspection upon meeting the family doctor in Kensington Gardens. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1861.