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A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles.

A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.

A dishevelled nurse with her disgruntled patient. Lithograph by W. Hunt.

An innkeeper's wife and daughter taking care of Don Quixote's wounds and injuries after being beaten. Engraving after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

A man stirring his broth contemplates his injured head which he holds with his hand. Mezzotint by A. Huffam, 1826, after M.W. Sharp.

A surgeon removing an arrow from a man's shoulder. Woodcut.

Mademoiselle de La Vallière reading from the Bible to a sick paralysed woman, another prays while a dog welcomes the encouraging Saint Anselm. Coloured stipple engraving by L.C. Ruotte, 17--, after J.F. Schall.

A domestic remedy: a woman applies a hot iron to her husband's back while their two children look on. Coloured lithograph.

Die Krankenpflege im Hause und im Hospitale : ein Handbuch für Familien und Krankenpflegerinnen zum besten des Rudolphiner-Vereines zur Erbauung und Erhaltung eines Pavillon-krankenhauses behufs heranbildung von Plegerinnen für Kranke und Verwundete in Wien / herausgegeben von Th. Billroth.

Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter.

Helps to health : the habitation, the nursery, the school-room, and the person, with a chapter on pleasure and health resorts.

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Die Krankenpflege im Hause und im Hospitale : ein Handbuch für Familien und Krankenpflegerinnen zum besten des Rudolphiner-Vereines zur Erbauung und Erhaltung eines Pavillon-krankenhauses behufs heranbildung von Plegerinnen für Kranke und Verwundete in Wien / herausgegeben von Th. Billroth.

Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

Helps to health : the habitation, the nursery, the school-room, and the person, with a chapter on pleasure and health resorts.

A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.