A country vicar visiting a family where a child has been suffering from scarlet fever. Wood engraving after C. Shepperson.

Matthew Manna, a country apothecary outside his shop. Etching by M. Darly, 1773, after R.St. G. Mansergh.

A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.

A rural tooth-drawer in his surgery extracting a tooth from a patient. Lithograph by E. Pigal.

A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.

A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.

A doctor is dismayed to discover that his patient has been eating animal feed when he had recommended animal food. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1879.

A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898.

A snobbish mother resistant to her daughter's doctor using a vaccine from their neighbour's child. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1872.

Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.

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The country doctor revisited : a twenty-first-century reader / edited by Therese Zink.

Australian rural practice / Raphael Edward Coolican.

Matthew Manna, a country apothecary outside his shop. Etching by M. Darly, 1773, after R.St. G. Mansergh.

A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.

A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.

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Stories

Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Healthy scepticism

Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India

The ambivalence of air

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Catalogue

The country doctor revisited : a twenty-first-century reader / edited by Therese Zink.

Australian rural practice / Raphael Edward Coolican.

Matthew Manna, a country apothecary outside his shop. Etching by M. Darly, 1773, after R.St. G. Mansergh.

A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.

A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.