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

Geyer, Johann, 1807-1875.

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 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]

Doctor and patient

Mitchell, S. Weir 1829-1914.

Date: 1888, ©1887

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.

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?]

A physician advising a man not to be depressed by his illness. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945.

Date: 1920

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

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

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 prescribing entertainment as a cure for a young woman's nervous illness. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-E. Jacque.

Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894.

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

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

Date: 1861

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

Charles Vernier

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 hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.

Beauchamp, active 1927.

Date: 1932

A tired and drunk doctor attending a patient, after being called away from a bridge game at a social event. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1874.

Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.

Date: 1874

A patient being advised by a doctor not to drink beer in the morning, he retorts by saying there was no brandy available. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1876.

Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.

Date: 1876

A doctor diagnosing an ill young man as suffering from lovesickness. Wood engraving by A. Hopkins, 1898.

Hopkins, Arthur, fl 1898.

Date: 1898

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous, boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945.

Date: 1920

Doctors disputing, the patient is ignored. Etching by D.N. Chodowiecki, 1781.

Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.

Date: [1781]

An anxious patient tells his doctor that he is worried because he has started to discuss cricket with himself. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Thomas, 1934.

Thomas, Bert, 1883-1966.

Date: 1934

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