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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 9.6 x 16.2 cm

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

<p>In the early nineteenth century there were several rival medical systems, including Brunonianism, the system of Broussais, phrenology and homoeopathy, in addition to variations on traditional western medicine. Brunonianism, the theory of John Brown (1735-1788), regarded most illnesses as due to a deficit of stimulation, requiring treatment with medicines based on opium or alcohol. In France, François Joseph Victor Broussais (1772-1838) proposed a theory of irritability which was to be controlled by purging and especially bloodletting. Brown acquired a European reputation, especially after his death. Broussais tried to ridicule Brown and his followers in many of his verbose writings. The short-lived success of their competing systems illustrates the fatal attractiveness of over-simple theories. This drawing, probably by a French or German hand, shows a battle between the rival partisans of Brown (on the left) and Broussais (on the right): they are identified by military standards (flags) inscribed "Brown" (left) and "Broussai<s>" (right)</p>

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 35.4 x 45.2 cm

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

1 painting : watercolour, with pen and ink and gum arabic

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 24.2 x 18 cm

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Wood engraving.

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour ; image 35.7 x 25.5 cm

Two Turkish soldiers, one smoking a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour and gum arabic ; image 25.9 x 20.4 cm

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

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King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Wood engraving.

Two Turkish soldiers, one smoking a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

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King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Wood engraving.

Two Turkish soldiers, one smoking a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

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