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Appears to be European, possibly French. The men all wear white robes and headgear resembling bakers' caps

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 17.1 x 22.8 cm

A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 17 x 12.4 cm

Hospital of the Knights of Saint John, Rhodes: a ward, with the fireplace on the right. Photograph, 1931.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 21 x 28.3 cm

Gloucester Infirmary, Gloucester, England: a ward. Photograph by S. Pitcher, 19--.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Royal Portsmouth Hospital. Photograph album.

1 photograph (album fol. 3 v, item numbers 6) : photoprint ; sight 14.1 x 19.6 cm

Royal Portsmouth Hospital: Victoria Ward, with women patients, members of the medical staff and nurses. Photograph, 1902.

A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

The patient is described by Legouvé as "Le soldat blessé, / Le malade indigent et qui n'a point d'asyle" (Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, op. cit. p. 35)

1 print : lithograph with printed text, with tint plate and watercolour ; image 15 x 18.7 cm

A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.

Eight men (soldiers?), mostly in bed, some with crutches, with a male orderly wearing a (presumably) Red Cross armband; left, a female nurse

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 11.7 x 19 cm

Interior of a Red Cross Hospital for Russian (?) soldiers. Photograph, 1876.

St. Camillus de Lellis was canonised by Benedict XIV in 1746, declared (along with St. John of God) the patron of the sick and hospitals by Leo XIII in 1886, later by Pius XI in 1930 their patronage was extended to include nurses and nursing in the catholic faith
Saint Camillus was the founder of the Order of Camillians or the Order of Clerics Regular, servants of the sick

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

Beds down each side of the ward, with male patients in them; half a dozen nurses and a man (physician or surgeon?) in the ward; potted plants, desultory Christmas decorations, and a notice saying "Merry Christmas"

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 8.6 x 13.5 cm

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A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

Hospital of the Knights of Saint John, Rhodes: a ward, with the fireplace on the right. Photograph, 1931.

Gloucester Infirmary, Gloucester, England: a ward. Photograph by S. Pitcher, 19--.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Royal Portsmouth Hospital: Victoria Ward, with women patients, members of the medical staff and nurses. Photograph, 1902.

A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.

Interior of a Red Cross Hospital for Russian (?) soldiers. Photograph, 1876.

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

A hospital ward with Christmas decorations. Photographic postcard.

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A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

Hospital of the Knights of Saint John, Rhodes: a ward, with the fireplace on the right. Photograph, 1931.

Gloucester Infirmary, Gloucester, England: a ward. Photograph by S. Pitcher, 19--.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Royal Portsmouth Hospital: Victoria Ward, with women patients, members of the medical staff and nurses. Photograph, 1902.

A nun holding a medicine spoon with her hospital behind her. Watercolour drawing.

A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.

Interior of a Red Cross Hospital for Russian (?) soldiers. Photograph, 1876.

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

A hospital ward with Christmas decorations. Photographic postcard.

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