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  • Christ healing the lame at the pool of Bethesda. Etching by M. Sorello after S. Conca.
  • A doctor is delighted at confronting a full-blown case of cholera. Coloured lithograph by Cham, c. 1845.
  • A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • Two men carry a sick woman in a chair-carry towards the hospital of Lisbon. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1812.
  • Crowds gather as Christ heals sick people. Engraving by T. Phillibrown after B. West.
  • Christ healing the lame at the pool of Bethesda. Etching after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Crowds of sick people and their families making the pilgrimage to Lourdes in the hope of a miraculous cure. Reproduction of a wood engraving after H. Lanos.
  • A young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are present. Coloured lithograph by Lafosse after P.-E. Destouches, ca. 1850/1879.
  • A woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph.
  • People engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line engraving attributed to O. van Veen (Vaenius).
  • An altar, surmounted by a statue of the Virgin surrounded by votive offerings; in the foreground, sick or troubled people praying. Woodcut, 16--.
  • Crimean War, Balaklava: embarkation of the sick. Tinted lithograph by F. Jones after W. Simpson.
  • A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.
  • A young doctor (homeopath?) visiting a patient and comforting his worried wife. Coloured photolithograph.
  • A girl making her confession to a monk from her sick bed. Lithograph by J. Woelfjle, after C. van Beveran.
  • Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Etching, 1795, after A. van Assen.
  • Christ among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by Rembrandt, 1649.
  • Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.
  • A tentative patient asks whether he will be able to taste his medicine. Coloured lithograph by A.L. Noël.
  • A man visits a woman in hospital. Colour process print after a lithograph by T.A. Steinlen.
  • A sick man lamenting the uselessness of his physicians. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A physician taking the pulse of and examining the urine of a sick old man, he is surrounded by his concerned family. Line engraving by O. van Veen.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Saint Peter and Saint John healing the lame man at the temple gate. Engraving by N. Dorigny after Raphael.
  • Saint Camillus de Lellis rescuing lives and offering shelter from the flooding Tiber, Rome. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • A priest at Lourdes holding up a monstrance to a sick girl who walks towards it, in the background are groups of people on stretchers. Etching by J.L. Forain, 1912.
  • A sick man gazes in a melancholy way, while his family and pets play. Coloured etching, c. 1820.
  • Christ heals a lame man. Engraving.