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A physician is examining a boil on a woman servant's arm, and asks if she has had boils in any other places: she replies that she has, but that there were also Jewish people there. Lithograph after F. Jüttner, 1909.

Four messengers are sitting on a wall having a discussion at cross-purposes. Lithograph by H. Daumier.

A doctor and his patient talking at cross purposes. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.

A woman is interrogated by an official who demands her name and status: she says she is a sensitive woman, but he requires a different kind of status, so she suggests that she is a woman of private means. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1828.

A physician thinking that a cobbler's use of the title "D.M." means that he is a Doctor of Medicine. Coloured etching.

The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

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 boy complaining to a pharmacist about medicine dispensed for his father: his mother had misunderstood the dosage instructions. Pen and wash drawing by F. Gillett.

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

A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.

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

A physician is examining a boil on a woman servant's arm, and asks if she has had boils in any other places: she replies that she has, but that there were also Jewish people there. Lithograph after F. Jüttner, 1909.

A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.

The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

A doctor and his patient talking at cross purposes. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.