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Specification of John Alderman : adjustable couches, &c. for invalids.
Alderman, John (Of the Manpower Services Commission)Date: 1855
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A priest administering extreme unction to a dying man in a bedchamber with a makeshift altar. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1724Reference: 44260i
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.
Daddi, Bernardo, -1350.Reference: 17310i
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A group of physicians trying to diagnose a young woman's illness in a scene from Molière's L'amour médecin. Etching attributed to G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
Molière, 1622-1673.Reference: 21940i
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Leon Michel Gambetta on his deathbed strewn with roses. Etching with drypoint by Charles Paul Renouard, 1883.
Renouard, Charles Paul, 1845-1924.Date: 1883Reference: 45307i
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A physician receiving a glass from a female servant while visiting a young female patient who is in bed. Coloured lithograph by P.H.L. Van der Meulen after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21756i
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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 27 May 1776Reference: 22179i
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A mother wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages, with a child, the baby's nurse, and two other servants. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1633.
Date: [1633]Reference: 17545i
Part of: Le mariage à la ville
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Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Bedford Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending the 31st of December, 1857 : with appendix.
Bedford Lunatic Asylum.Date: 1858
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The paralytic is brought on a stretcher to Christ. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.
Date: 1710-1719Reference: 23852i
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A midwife gives the Virgin Mary her first bath, Joachim looks and exclaims to the heavens where angels are celebrating her birth. Engraving by P.S. Bartoli after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Reference: 17556i
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Die verschiedenfachen Lagerungen der Kranken bei Operationen : ein neuer Operationstisch / von Otto Ihle.
Ihle, Otto, 1862-Date: 1896
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King Charles the Bad of Navarre being burnt to death in bed, while others pray and panic about him. Engraving.
Date: November 1804Reference: 17301i
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A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
Date: [1586]Reference: 22975i
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Illustrated & descriptive report of select exhibits at the Medical and Sanitary Exhibition at South Kensington, July 16th to August 15th, 1881.
International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition (1881 : London)Date: 1881
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Saint Peter raises Tabitha from the dead in Joppa. Engraving by P. van Borcht.
Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608.Date: 1582Reference: 2917587i
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A man sitting on the edge of a bed beside a woman who is holding up packets of condoms; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Tahley (?), ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 678911i
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While Joseph works in his carpenter's shop, the angel steals into the house and announces the birth of Christ to Mary. Engraving by J. Sadeler, ca. 1615, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
Tintoretto, 1518-1594.Date: [between 1610 and 1619?]Reference: 21692i
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A man with hearts around his head undresses in preparation for getting in to bed with his partner who stares at his extended stomach; a safe-sex advertisement for condoms to prevent AIDS by the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) in Zimbabwe. Colour lithograph, 1995.
Date: 1995Reference: 678755i
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A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.
Reference: 22784i
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Two men, possibly students, undressing a drunken doctor they have carried home, verse below. Lithograph.
Reference: 26911i
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Two Chinese opium smokers, one reclines on a bed and the other sits. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
Reference: 25067i
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Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Etching after C. de Lafosse.
Lafosse, Charles de, 1636-1716.Reference: 23878i
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Miss Melcombe visits Mr Huntley, while on his deathbed in the attendance of his physician. Engraving, 1771.
Date: 1771Reference: 22132i
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The Virgin reads her Bible as the angel appears with the Holy Spirit. Engraving by J. Collaert after J. Straet.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Reference: 21695i