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A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

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.

Patent for "an improved combined bed chair and commode with or without a table for invalids".

21 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

Patent for "improvements in bed tables and book supports for invalids and others".

4 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of John Henry Lock : bed tables for invalids, &c.

6 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of William George Nicholas Manley : ambulance wheeled litter.

One of a series of blotters that were sent to general practitioners, chemists and medical professionals by Allen & Hanbury Ltd. with a different product advertised on each one. These seem to have been sent out at least once a month, often twice. They were printed with attractive, hand-drawn brand name logos, the calendar for that month in an ornate border and sometimes other design elements or illustrations. In this case fruit (apples? oranges?) and barley. The idea is that text is printed on one side, leaving the other side blank to soak up excess ink after having written something with a fountain pen. The calendar would be on somebody's desk for all of that month and referred to time after time, the brand name registering subliminally at the same time. This one is printed in dark brown and yellow ochre on cream blotting paper.

Drug advertising. Box 5.

The 'Allenburys' foods for infants, diet for adults : calendar blotter, March 1909 / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

Approx. 22 figures. A procession of the walking wounded and stretcher bearers make their way across the canvas towards the viewer's left. Centre background, soldiers fire a large piece of artillery. In the foreground, two dead soldiers lie on the ground. The front stretcher bearer has a red cross badge on his uniform and wears a red cross armband with a white ground

1 painting : oil, on canvas ; painting height 263 (left)-263 (centre)-263.5 (right) x width 597 (top)-596 (bottom) cm

World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

A board of medical officers of the Navy examining a naval man's injured arm. Halftone after Joseph Nash the younger after a sketch by A. Gascoigne Wildey.

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A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

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.

Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

Specification of John Henry Lock : bed tables for invalids, &c.

Specification of William George Nicholas Manley : ambulance wheeled litter.

The 'Allenburys' foods for infants, diet for adults : calendar blotter, March 1909 / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

A board of medical officers of the Navy examining a naval man's injured arm. Halftone after Joseph Nash the younger after a sketch by A. Gascoigne Wildey.

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: invalid British soldiers on a boat on the Nile. Wood engraving by P.A. or R.A., 1882.

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A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

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.

Specification of Charles Louis Henry Moesch. : bed chair and commode.

Specification of John Henry Lock : bed tables for invalids, &c.

Specification of William George Nicholas Manley : ambulance wheeled litter.

The 'Allenburys' foods for infants, diet for adults : calendar blotter, March 1909 / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

A board of medical officers of the Navy examining a naval man's injured arm. Halftone after Joseph Nash the younger after a sketch by A. Gascoigne Wildey.

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: invalid British soldiers on a boat on the Nile. Wood engraving by P.A. or R.A., 1882.

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