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  • Post mortem report on herpes zoster patient. From the records of Sir Henry Head (1861-1940).
  • Record card showing patient's doses of quinine.
  • The National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, London: a nurse attaches electrocardiograph wires to a patient in bed to record her heartbeat. Photograph, ca. 1922.
  • Smiling female nurse on hospital ward with patient notes
  • Diary of transference / [War Office].
  • Diary of transference / [War Office].
  • Nancy Farrar, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • Nancy Farrar, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • Visualising the human breath ("Sing"), Artwork
  • Charles Gouldthorpe, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
  • Charles Gouldthorpe, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
  • Elizabeth Hardcastle, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
  • Elizabeth Hardcastle, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
  • Leprosy: impairment records
  • Chinese woodcut, food incompatibilities
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: Portrait of Hua Tuo
  • A woman lying on her side, displaying diseased areas of tissue on her arms, legs and body. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1858.
  • A seated woman displaying areas of diseased tissue on her entire body, face, genitals and eye. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • The open mouth of a man suffering from diseased tissue on the soft palate and uvula. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1866.
  • A man suffering from chancre of the lip, displaying sores and abcesses on his scalp and forehead, with a swelling and diseased tissue inside his lower lip. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1867.
  • A man suffering from chancre of the lip, displaying scar tissue on his lower lip, forehead and scalp, shown after treatment and following the process of cicatrization. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1867.
  • Chinese woodcut, illustrating food poisoning
  • The face of a woman with her mouth open, displaying diseased tissue on the tongue and broken teeth. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1874.
  • An eleven month old baby boy with severely diseased tissue around the anus and groin areas. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1859.
  • A four month old baby boy with diseased skin on his face and body, with a detail showing sores around the anus and genitals. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • Severely diseased tissue on the buttocks of a dead woman, showing symptoms of creeping or serpiginous phagedena. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1857.
  • Diseased areas of tissue on the buttocks and genitals of a woman. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1869.
  • Severely diseased tissue on the buttocks of a woman, showing symptoms of creeping or serpiginous phagedena. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1857.
  • Chiengmai Leper Asylum, Thailand: a family (father and three children) all suffering from leprosy. Photograph, 1921.
  • Field medical card / [War Office].