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A man operating a specially designed hydrotherapeutic chair. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe. Wood engraving by L. Dumont.

Thomas Henry Huxley. Wood engraving by [T. S.], 1870, after Bassano [?].

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Wood engraving by [A. B.] 1888.

Hippocrates. Wood engraving by Meyner-Hein after C. Kreutzberger.

A man taking a shower as part of a hydrotherapeutic cure. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Portrait of Robert Herman Koch [1843 - 1910], bacteriologist

Elie Metchnikoff. Wood engraving.

Sir Richard Owen. Wood engraving by L. Sambourne after Sir E. Landseer.

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Coloured wood engraving by [C. H.], 1888.

Arthur Trehern Norton. Wood engraving by [C. P.].

Thomas Henry Huxley. Coloured wood engraving, 1870.

Henry Bence Jones. Wood engraving by R. & E. Taylor, 1873, after [S. T.].

Contributions to practical gynecology : illustrated with sixteen wood engravings

Lettering: The tooth-ache. Imagined by Horace Mayhew. The origin of the toothache.

A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

Hercules. Six wood engravings by C. Bisson and Cottard after Rivaud.

Unveiling of a statue to Marie-Francois-Xavier Bichat. Wood engraving by Jayer after E. Riou and Beranger [?].

A grumpy nurse carrying a bowl and candle-stick. Wood engraving.

In Heads of the people (p. 98), Leigh Hunt interprets Meadows's drawing as showing the monthly nurse settling down in her armchair after the mother and baby have both gone to sleep, taking snuff, a cup of tea, and a glass from a bottle of spirits

Plate to: Kenny Meadows, Heads of the people, London: R. Tyas, 1840, facing p. 97

Lettering: The monthly nurse. "From the very moment the mistress of the house is brought to bed, every female in it, from my lady's gentlewoman down to the cinder-wench, becomes an inch taller for it." Tristram Shandy. K.M.

A monthly nurse, who looks after a mother and a newborn baby for the first month after the birth. Wood engraving by Orrin Smith, ca. 1840, after Kenny Meadows.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.

Charles Robert Darwin. Wood engraving by T. Johnson, 1883, after L. Darwin, 1874.

A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.

A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London: seven views. Wood engravings by T. Gilks after W.A.Delamotte, 1847.

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A man operating a specially designed hydrotherapeutic chair. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe. Wood engraving by L. Dumont.

Thomas Henry Huxley. Wood engraving by [T. S.], 1870, after Bassano [?].

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Wood engraving by [A. B.] 1888.

Hippocrates. Wood engraving by Meyner-Hein after C. Kreutzberger.

A man taking a shower as part of a hydrotherapeutic cure. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Portrait of Robert Herman Koch [1843 - 1910], bacteriologist

Elie Metchnikoff. Wood engraving.

Sir Richard Owen. Wood engraving by L. Sambourne after Sir E. Landseer.

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Coloured wood engraving by [C. H.], 1888.

Arthur Trehern Norton. Wood engraving by [C. P.].

Thomas Henry Huxley. Coloured wood engraving, 1870.

Henry Bence Jones. Wood engraving by R. & E. Taylor, 1873, after [S. T.].

Contributions to practical gynecology : illustrated with sixteen wood engravings

A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

Hercules. Six wood engravings by C. Bisson and Cottard after Rivaud.

Unveiling of a statue to Marie-Francois-Xavier Bichat. Wood engraving by Jayer after E. Riou and Beranger [?].

A grumpy nurse carrying a bowl and candle-stick. Wood engraving.

A monthly nurse, who looks after a mother and a newborn baby for the first month after the birth. Wood engraving by Orrin Smith, ca. 1840, after Kenny Meadows.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.

Charles Robert Darwin. Wood engraving by T. Johnson, 1883, after L. Darwin, 1874.

A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.

A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London: seven views. Wood engravings by T. Gilks after W.A.Delamotte, 1847.

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A man operating a specially designed hydrotherapeutic chair. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe. Wood engraving by L. Dumont.

Thomas Henry Huxley. Wood engraving by [T. S.], 1870, after Bassano [?].

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Wood engraving by [A. B.] 1888.

Hippocrates. Wood engraving by Meyner-Hein after C. Kreutzberger.

A man taking a shower as part of a hydrotherapeutic cure. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

Portrait of Robert Herman Koch [1843 - 1910], bacteriologist

Elie Metchnikoff. Wood engraving.

Sir Richard Owen. Wood engraving by L. Sambourne after Sir E. Landseer.

Sir Morrell Mackenzie. Coloured wood engraving by [C. H.], 1888.

Arthur Trehern Norton. Wood engraving by [C. P.].

Thomas Henry Huxley. Coloured wood engraving, 1870.

Henry Bence Jones. Wood engraving by R. & E. Taylor, 1873, after [S. T.].

Contributions to practical gynecology : illustrated with sixteen wood engravings

A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

Hercules. Six wood engravings by C. Bisson and Cottard after Rivaud.

Unveiling of a statue to Marie-Francois-Xavier Bichat. Wood engraving by Jayer after E. Riou and Beranger [?].

A grumpy nurse carrying a bowl and candle-stick. Wood engraving.

A monthly nurse, who looks after a mother and a newborn baby for the first month after the birth. Wood engraving by Orrin Smith, ca. 1840, after Kenny Meadows.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.

Charles Robert Darwin. Wood engraving by T. Johnson, 1883, after L. Darwin, 1874.

A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.

A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London: seven views. Wood engravings by T. Gilks after W.A.Delamotte, 1847.

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