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The afflicted man's companion: or A directory for persons and families, afflicted with sickness, or any other distress. With directions to the sick, both under and after affliction. Also, directions to the friends of the sick, and others who visit them. And likewise to all, how to prepare both for sickness and death; and how to be exercised at the time of dying. To which is added, a collection of comfortable texts of Scripture, very suitable for dying believers.--The choice sayings of many eminent dying saints.--The author's last advice to his wife and children: and his dying words, written by himself, and found among his papers after his death. By the Reverend Mr. John Willison, late Minister of the Gospel at Dundee. Very necessary for all families.
Willison, John, 1680-1750.Date: --1795- Pictures
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In the first picture, a doctor promises a patient a drive out in a car in a few days; the second picture shows a hearse solemnly departing. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.Date: 22 March 1902Reference: 17155i- Pictures
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A young woman comes to visit a sick young man in hope that her love will cure him, surrounded by relatives. Line engraving by J. Goodyear after P.E. Destouches.
Destouches, Paul Emile, 1794-1874.Reference: 16959i- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively for a blessed death, and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sickness : together with praiers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons, or by others standing in their attendance : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick, and offices proper for that ministry.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1670- Books
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The Clergyman's companion: Containing, the offices of Baptism, both publick and private; matrimony; the churching of women; visitation and communion of the sick; with some occasional prayers, collected from the most eminent divines of the Church of England; and the burial of the dead.
Date: Printed in the year MDCCLV. [1755]- Pictures
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A bearded man lying in bed, his hand held by his wife who is seated next to the bed. Photograph, 187-.
Date: [between 1870 and 1879]Reference: 2885109i- Pictures
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Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.
Taylor, Isaac, 1787-1865.Reference: 17742i- Pictures
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A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.
Date: 1813Reference: 17869i- Pictures
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Saint Carlo Borromeo administering communion to victims of the plague in Milan of 1576. Line engraving by F. de Poilly after P. Mignard.
Mignard, Pierre, 1612-1695.Reference: 10125i- Pictures
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Boer War: a wounded soldier being visited in hospital by his wife and little daughter. Halftone, c. 1900, after a photograph by E. H. Mills.
Mills, Ernest H.Date: 1900Reference: 23749i- Books
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The sick man visited; and furnish'd with instructions, meditations, and prayers, suitable to his condition, for putting him in Mind of his Change, for supporting him under his Distemper, and for preparing him for, and carrying him through his last Conflict with Death. By N. Spinckes, A Presbyter of the Church of England.
Spinckes, Nathaniel, 1654-1727.Date: 1717- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves, and others respectively for a blessed death, and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sicknesse : together with prayers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons, or by others standing in their attendance : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick, and offices proper for that ministry.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1652- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying: in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively for a blessed death; and the Remedies against the Evils and Temptations proper to the State of Sickness: Together with prayers and Acts of Virtue to be used by sick and dying Persons, or by others standing in their Attendance. To which are added, Rules for the Visitation of the Sick, and Offices proper for that Ministery.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Pictures
The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
Horst, Nikolaus van der, 1598-1646.Date: 1630Reference: 27065i- Pictures
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Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
Reference: 10103i- Pictures
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Saint Carlo Borromeo administering communion to plague victims. Etching by C. Carlone.
Carloni, Carlo Innocenzo, 1686-1775.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 12010i- Pictures
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Six pictures of a man in bed with suspected appendicitis being visited by various members of his family, each with different advice. Wood engraving by A.T. Smith, 1911.
Smith, Albert Talbot, 1877-Date: 1911Reference: 15383i- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively, for a blessed death, and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sicknesse : together with prayers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons, or by others standing in their attendance : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick and offices proper for that ministery.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1651- Books
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The sick man visited: and furnish'd with instructions, meditations, and prayers, for putting him in mind of his change, for Supporting him under his Distemper, and for Preparing him for, and carrying him through, his Last Conflict with Death. By Nathanael Spinckes, A. M. Late Prebendary of Sarum, &c. The fourth edition corrected. To which is prefix'd, a short account of the life of the very Reverend author.
Spinckes, Nathaniel, 1654-1727.Date: MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively for a blessed death, and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sickness : together with prayers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons or by others standing in their attendance : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick and offices proper for that ministery.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1695- Books
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively for a blessed death, and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sickness : together wih prayers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons or by others standing in their attendence : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick, and offices proper for that ministery.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1690- Pictures
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A physician talking to his patient's wife on his way out after visiting him. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
Ulrich, Joseph, 1857-1930.Reference: 21909i- Books
House calls / by Patch Adams ; [cartoons by Jerry Van Amerongen].
Adams, Patch, 1945-Date: [1998]- Archives and manuscripts
Sleeping Sickness notebooks
Date: 1943-1946Reference: PP/AJD/B/1/3Part of: Dr Antony Duggan FRCP (1920-2004)- Archives and manuscripts
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Sesame [Charity working in drama therapy for the sick and handicapped; RSA a vice-president from 1971]
Date: 1971-1985Reference: PP/ADD/F/3/12Part of: Robina Addis (1900-1986): archives