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  • A physician talking to a patient who is in bed. Etching by D. Berger, 1775, after D. Chodowiecki.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
  • 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 woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Coloured mezzotint by J. Walker, ca. 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Etching after J. Northcote.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • 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 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 doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A male patient surrounded by his family discussing his illness with a physician. Engraving.
  • A male patient surrounded by his family discussing his illness with a physician. Engraving.
  • A physician and his female patient talking at cross purposes. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.
  • A gouty patient consulting his physician. Etching after E.A. Abbey, 1891.
  • 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 physician examining a pregnant woman's urine specimen in his library. Mezzotint.
  • A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • A physician talking to a patient about his illness, the patient is holding a basket containing a urine flask. Engraving.
  • A physician talking to a patient about his illness, the patient is holding a basket containing a urine flask. Engraving.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
  • A physician talking to a patient about his illness, the patient is holding a basket containing a urine flask. Engraving.
  • A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.
  • A physician recommending some medicine to a young female patient. Coloured lithograph, 1853, by H. Garnier, 1836, after J.L. Canon.