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  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director's Room, c. 1954. Photograph.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A convalescing old lady asking her health visitor if she has recovered from her bout of flu. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1912.
  • A generous physician refusing money for services rendered from a poor family. Mezzotint.
  • A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.
  • A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.
  • Mr. Lambkin dressing up in front of a mirror. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.
  • A family gather indoors round a large open fireplace talking and smoking. Engraving by C. de Visscher after A. van Ostade, c. 1656.
  • Mr. Lambkin suffering from excess food and wine, his friends try to make him feel better. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A woman sits by a barrel table in a smoke den lighting a pipe, others stand by the fire. Lithograph by J. Selb, mid-19th century, after A. Richter after D. Teniers.
  • London Mechanics' Institute, Southampton Buildings, Holborn: the interior of the laboratory, in a cellar. Wood engraving by W. C. Walker after Mr. Davy [1828].
  • Two men play cards at a table as others watch and smoke by the fire. Engraving by J. Michel, c. 1778, after J. Boydell after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Two chimney sweeps, one of them is feeling ill and taking medicine. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man standing by a fireplace, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching after J. Gillray.
  • Five men drinking and smoking round a table in a large open room. Mezzotint after a painting by A. van Ostade, 1665.
  • A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Mr. Lambkin at home ill from overindulgence being visited by a doctor friend. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath while Anna is recovering in bed. Line engraving by H. Wierix.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • A wealthy Dutch man comforting his wife after giving birth, the child is being fed by a nursemaid. Engraving by P. Tanje, 1757, after C. Troost.
  • A shaman banging a drum and dancing to invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
  • John the Baptist receiving his first bath, Elizabeth is recovering in bed while Zacharias is recording the childs name. Engraving by C. Galle after J. van der Straet.
  • The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking round the fireplace. Etching by J. Taylor, c. 1800, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.
  • Mr. Lambkin enjoying some wine in the company of friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.