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  • A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.
  • Mr. Blake in the character of Monsieur le médecin. Mezzotint by J. McArdell after himself.
  • Christ cures blind Bartimeus by laying his hand on his eyes. Etching.
  • Melrose Hospital, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland. Wood engraving by Butterworth and Heath.
  • An old pedlar shows his wares to a crowd of people among which an old lady wearing spectacles takes a keen interest. Etching by J.D. Both after A.D. Both.
  • Cheshire Lunatic Asylum, Cheshire. Line engraving by Dean after Musgrove.
  • The head of a blind man wearing dark glasses, and a hand carrying a white stick on the road; advertising attention to the blind in Germany. Colour lithograph, 199- (?).
  • A physician examining urine. Engraving by A. Walker, 1763, after A. van Ostade.
  • Three old veterans, two sitting, one standing. Pencil drawing.
  • Moses, with his rod and the table of the ten commandments. Etching by J. Rogers after S.W. Reynolds.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing in a landscape: a building, flying the Union flag, behind him. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1824.
  • A man walking with the posture of a drunkard. Drawing with wash, c. 1789.
  • People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.
  • A blind beggar hunched over his walking stick, holding out his hat for money. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • The bowed woman cured by Christ. Engraving by J.P. Saenredam after H. Goltzius, 159- (?).
  • Alphonse de Palacios, who suffered so severely from an infection of the retina that he was unable to look at any light. Engraving.
  • Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.
  • John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • A blind beggar sits, head lowered, hand begging for money. Etching by J. Zubau, 1865.
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a fashionably dressed young couple greeting an acquaintance [an officer?] at a soiree. Mezzotint, 1772, after a painting attributed to J. Sanders.
  • Two uniformed war veterans with a young soldier by a statue in the Siegesallee, Berlin. Coloured lithograph by C. F. Schindler, c. 1900.
  • A young man who walks straight into a butcher delivery boy's meat tray (poking his eye out), while the boy looks the opposite way. Etching by Richard Dighton.
  • A wealthy hypochondriac having two physicians take his pulse at the same time. Line engraving by H. Bourne after A. Solomon.
  • The risen Christ, dressed as a pilgrim, shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Woodcut.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • A physician examining a person dressed as Pierrot who lies in bed, in the background another person in a similar costume is grieving. Etching by E. Champollion after T. Couture.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel. Watercolour.