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Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.Date: [1823]Reference: 16315iPart of: Grimaces- Pictures
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A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
Hart, Lockyer Willis, active 1843.Date: 2 April 1843Reference: 16490i- Pictures
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Cape Coast Castle, Ghana: a blind man is led through the street by a boy. Wood engraving by J.J.
Reference: 16487i- Pictures
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A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.
Gill, André, 1840-1885.Date: Dimanche 14 Decembre 1873Reference: 16753i- Ephemera
Whalebone walking-stick with skull pommel in ivory with green glass eyes, once owned by Charles Darwin / Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection.
Date: 2009- Pictures
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Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 16036i- Pictures
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A physician called out of bed by a hoax night call. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 18--.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 650872i- Pictures
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Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.
Durandeau, Émile (Jean-Émile), 1827-1880.Date: 1876Reference: 24131i- Pictures
Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Engraving by E. Baudet after N. Poussin, 163-.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: [between 1680 and 1689?]Reference: 2803358i- Pictures
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A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: 1568Reference: 16913i- Pictures
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Moses strikes a rock and water pours forth in abundance. Etching after F. Sigrist.
Sigrist, Franz, 1727-1803.Reference: 18268i- Pictures
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A Chelsea Pensioner, standing in a landscape: a building, flying the Union flag, behind him. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
Date: 1813Reference: 31464i- Pictures
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A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17013i- Pictures
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An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 30 July 1801Reference: 16388i- Pictures
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A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 21679i- Pictures
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Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac, complaining of his ailments to his nurse. Pen and ink drawing by L. Frölich, 1859.
Frølich, Lorenz, 1820-1908.Date: 1859Reference: 16887i- Books
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A new or improved medical electric and magnetic appliance.
Cooke, TomDate: 1904- Pictures
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Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Etching by J. Le Pautre.
Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682.Reference: 18264i- Pictures
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A blind beggar walks past two figures guided by his dog with a begging bowl. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 16453i- Pictures
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The marriage of Mary and Joseph. Etching after C. Maratta.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Reference: 21614i- Pictures
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A Chelsea Pensioner standing in the hall at the Royal Hospital, leaning on his stick. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 20766i- Pictures
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Job lies on a pile of dung dressed in a loincloth and covered in boils, his wife goes to fetch a bucket of water. Woodcut.
Reference: 17904i- Pictures
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A blind musician holding a uilleann pipe or pastoral bagpipe. Etching attributed to G. Grattan.
Grattan, George.Date: [between 1800 and 1809?]Reference: 16514i- Pictures
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A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel. Watercolour.
Reference: 20765i- Pictures
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A procession of blind and physically disabled people; allegory about sticks: how children are afraid of the rod but disadvantaged adults come to rely on it. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?.
Date: [1563?]Reference: 26272i