"PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT" | Catalogue search | Wellcome Collection

BetaThis search tool is in development. Find out more.

61640 results

Page 1 of 2466

Physicians disputing while the patient suffers. Oil painting after (?) Johann Geyer.

Geyer, Johann, 1807-1875.

A physician looks at the coffin of a deceased patient and says "I cured him too". Watercolour, ca. 1752/1755.

Gross, Christian G..

Date: [1752/1755]

A physician and a nurse discuss the recent death of a patient: the physician instinctively resorts to blaming the patient for non-compliance in following the prescribed dosage. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1840.

Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.

Date: [1840]

A hospital physician asks a patient about his drinking, the patient replies whatever is on offer. Wood engraving after C. Keene.

Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.

Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoléon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1809.

A hypochondriac patient consulting a cynical physician: the patient is healthy, but the physician will provide a treatment that will produce some symptoms of ill-health. Pen drawing, 183-(?).

Date: [between 1830 and 1839?]

An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.

Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781.

Date: 1775

A physician advising his reluctant patient to avoid alcohol having diagnosed gout. Wood engraving, 1861.

Date: 1861

A Chinese (?) physician giving a sick patient a large bowl containing medicine (?). Wood engraving by G.M.

A Saracen physician taking the pulse of a Christian patient who is surrounded by fellow crusaders. Aquatint by S. Marceau, 1826.

Marceau, Sergent.

Date: [1826]

A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.

A physician talking to a patient who is in bed. Engraving.

A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

Date: 1906

A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

Date: 1906

A puzzled physician taking the pulse of a young female patient, a boy in the backgroung is pointing to arrows, suggesting that the malady is lovesickness. Engraving by S. Freeman after J. Opie.

Opie, John, 1761-1807.

A physician bleeding a patient, other patients are waiting to see him. Watercolour after a painting on an Attic vase 480-460 B.C. in the Louvre.

A physician examines a patient's stools; he is very pleased; the sarcastic maid asks him if he would like a fork. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison, c. 1890.

Frison, Gustave, 1850-

An old physician with a clyster attends to one of his patients. Lithograph by L. Morel-Retz.

Morel-Retz, Louis Pierre Gabriel Bernard, 1825-1899.

Date: [c. 1871]

A physician checks the pulse of a patient in a hospital. Pen drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Terzi, A. J. E. 1872-1956.

A physician examines a patient's tongue. Lithograph by Charles Vernier.

Charles Vernier

A torpid patient claims to his physician that his debility is a result of serving in the war. Coloured lithograph E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798-1872.

Date: [c. 1840]

A physician and his female patient talking at cross purposes. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.

Date: 1880

A physician holding the hand of a female patient in a scene from Molière's play L'amour médecin. Line block by Yves & Barret after L. Leloir.

Leloir, Alexandre Louis, 1843-1884.

A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.

A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.

61640 results

Page 1 of 2466

Stay in the know

Find out what’s on, read our latest stories and get involved.

All our newsletters

We use a third party provider, dotdigital, to deliver our newsletters. For information about how we handle your data, please read our privacy notice. You can unsubscribe at any time using links in the emails you receive.

Wellcome collection

183 Euston RoadLondon NW1 2BEUK

T: +44 (0)20 7611 2222
E: info@wellcomecollection.org

Today's opening times

Galleries 10:00—18:00
Library 10:00—18:00
Kitchen 11:00—18:00
Café 08:30—18:00
Shop 09:00—18:00

The free museum and library from Wellcome

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence