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  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.
  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • One hundred demons stirring by night. Colour woodcut by Gyokuen, 1860s.
  • A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Singapore: a police officer clearing two race-goers from the racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.
  • Many unemployed doctors sitting by the roadside waiting for a possible road accident and some work. Wood engraving by L. Wood, 1907.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • A doctor goes off gallivanting with two young dancers. Colour process print after by J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • Some elderly patients wistfully reminisce about their younger days. Coloured lithograph by A. de Valmont.
  • The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.
  • A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • A young woman dressing her hair with feathers; an old man looks on and a maidservant pushes a cockerel out through a door. Etching by C.W. Bampfylde, 1776.
  • Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.
  • A man trying to shave himself with a blunt razor. Lithograph by William Green after M.W. Fry, ca. 1820.
  • Three scenes illustrating the vanity of doctors. Lithograph by Béraud.
  • A lady buys some black garters to cheer up her sick husband. Wood engraving, c. 1900.
  • A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.
  • A man with an extra large head exhales smoke from an enormous cigar. Coloured lithograph, c. 1880, after T. Worth.
  • A jolly surgeon picks up a newly-delivered baby and asks for its ticket of arrival. Colour process print after by D.E. Galanis, c. 1910.
  • A doctor reassuring a patient that he can cure him. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1898.
  • A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.
  • A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment wandering the countryside; representing an apothecary as if he were an itinerant. Coloured lithograph.
  • 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 street scene with a tall man offering snuff to a short, fat man. Coloured etching by W.P., 1827.