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A mother and her five delighted children turned away from their dentist's at Easter because he has toothache. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1874.

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

A surgeon-apothecary shouts back from an open window at a request for a night-visit to a patient, sending pot plants and a cat flying. Coloured aquatint by H. Pyall after M Egerton (Ego), 1827.

A doctor examining a boy patient who is with his mother, recommends abstinence from meat and dairy products: the boy misunderstands the remedy. Wood engraving by JB, 1863.

A dozen scenes presenting the manifold aspects of a family doctor's personality. Wood engraving by M.B.

A health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.

Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A snobbish mother resistant to her daughter's doctor using a vaccine from their neighbour's child. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1872.

Three children automatically putting out their tongues for inspection upon meeting the family doctor in Kensington Gardens. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1861.

Jīvarakṣāmirta kalpam, eṉṉum, Aṇucakti maruntukaḷ / iḵatu Tirucci cittavaittiyar M. N. Pālakurucuvāmi avarkaḷ pala ēṭṭuppiratikaḷaik koṇṭu tiraṭṭi eḻutiyatu.

Maṇīs parimaḷa pōtiṉi, eṉum, Cukanta varkka cāstiram / iḵatu Payittiyakkāra kōvintaṉ, Toḻil muṟai ācāṉ, Kuṭumpa vaittiyar eṉum toḻil muṟai puttakam Paṇṭikai palakārattiraṭṭu, Kamala ramaṇi, Camaiyal campūraṇi, Pōjaṉācākaram mutaliya pala pustakaṅkaḷai tokutta Maṇi āciriyarāl iyaṟṟappeṟṟu ... patippikkappeṟṟatu.

Farewell Doctor Finlay. 1/2.

Śrīrāmaliṅkacuvāmi jōtiyiṉ perumai : inta pustakattil mūṉṟu amcaṅkaḷ oruṅkē cērkkappaṭṭatu / Tirucci Cayiṉjōcap Kālēj Tamiḻ Paṇṭitar, Mu. Veṅkaṭācalam Piḷḷai avarkaḷāl paricōtikkappeṟṟavai ; Tirucci T. M. Rājakōpāl Nāyuṭu avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟi veḷiyiṭappaṭṭatu.

Vīṭṭuvaittiyar : ēḻu pākaṅkaḷ cērntatu / Em. Jē. Ṣarmā avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭatu ... patippikkappeṟṟatu.

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Jīvarakṣāmirta kalpam, eṉṉum, Aṇucakti maruntukaḷ / iḵatu Tirucci cittavaittiyar M. N. Pālakurucuvāmi avarkaḷ pala ēṭṭuppiratikaḷaik koṇṭu tiraṭṭi eḻutiyatu.

Farewell Doctor Finlay. 1/2.

Vīṭṭuvaittiyar : ēḻu pākaṅkaḷ cērntatu / Em. Jē. Ṣarmā avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭatu ... patippikkappeṟṟatu.