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  • A country vicar visiting a family where a child has been suffering from scarlet fever. Wood engraving after C. Shepperson.
  • Matthew Manna, a country apothecary outside his shop. Etching by M. Darly, 1773, after R.St. G. Mansergh.
  • A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.
  • A rural tooth-drawer in his surgery extracting a tooth from a patient. Lithograph by E. Pigal.
  • A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.
  • A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.
  • 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.
  • A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898.
  • A snobbish mother resistant to her daughter's doctor using a vaccine from their neighbour's child. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1872.
  • Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.
  • Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
  • Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
  • A woman holding a pitcher. Watercolour.
  • John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.
  • A woman pulling giant aubergines from a tree. Watercolour.
  • Wellcome Tibetan 69, folio 126 recto.
  • Paeonia officinalis (Peony)
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.