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A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

Date

1830-1839

Reference

21531i

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.

Date

1932

Reference

15508i

A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

Reference

16630i

Part of

L'oméopatie

Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.

Date

20 May 1804

Reference

12194i

Two physicians outside the bedroom of a desperately sick man: each physician invites the other to enter first. Coloured lithograph by J.B., 18--.

Date

[between 1800 and 1809?]

Reference

659145i

Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.

Date

26 [month?] 1803

Reference

12205i

Breast cancer : sharing the decision / edited by Anna M. Maslin, with Trevor J. Powles.

Date

1999

A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.

Date

April 1829

Reference

12223i

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.

Date

24 June 1793

Reference

21247i

Med school : a collection of stories about medical school, 1951-1955 / Clifton K. Meador.

Date

[2003], ©2003

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

Date

1880

Reference

13824i

What patients teach : the everyday ethics of health care / Larry R. Churchill, Joseph B. Fanning, and David Schenck.

Date

[2013]

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

Reference

22119i

A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

Reference

17878i

Above, the emperor Aurangzeb consults a physician; below, one of the emperor's sons is attended by physicians. Gouache painting, 17--.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799]

Reference

726887i

A woman misunderstanding instructions about meals and medicine for her husband from the doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after H.M. Brock, 1936.

Date

1936

Reference

15525i

Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Drawing by or after E. Le Sueur, 16--.

Date

[between 1600 and 1699?]

Reference

643030i

The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Date

[1609?]

Reference

23860i

A doctor examining a nervous patient's eye for foreign bodies. Reproduction of a drawing after F. Reynolds, 1937.

Date

1937

Reference

15532i

Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.

Date

1802

Reference

659141i

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

Reference

44703i

A doctor asking an elderly patient if he has taken a box of pills that he has prescribed, the patient retorts that he found the boxes difficult to swallow. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1906.

Date

1906

Reference

15348i

A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Date

c. 1980

Reference

18194i

The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Reference

44737i

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

Reference

870i