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A woman misunderstanding instructions about meals and medicine for her husband from the doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after H.M. Brock, 1936.
Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew), 1875-1960.Date: 1936Reference: 15525i
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A doctor asking an elderly patient if he has taken a box of pills that he has prescribed, the patient retorts that he found the boxes difficult to swallow. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1906.
Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942.Date: 1906Reference: 15348i
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An ill man throwing a tantrum and a hot-water bottle after hearing his rubber shares have gone down. Process print after S. Wood, 1912.
Wood, Starr, 1870-1944.Date: 11 December 1912Reference: 15765i
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The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.
Dowd, J. H., active 1914.Date: 16 December 1914Reference: 15791i
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A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.
Reference: 15851i
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A patient telling her doctor that if she won a sweepstake it would do her more good than all his medication. Line block after C. Graves, 1932.
Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom), 1856-1944.Date: 1932Reference: 15501i
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A doctor angry with his patient for trying quack medicine as well as his own prescription. Wood engraving by H.M. Brock, 1909.
Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew), 1875-1960.Date: 1909Reference: 15370i
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A figure comprised of medicine bottles and tablets, representing the patent medicine business, dances behind a pensive Lloyd George; representing attitudes to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1911. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1912.
Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945.Date: 1912Reference: 15395i
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A tentative patient asks whether he will be able to taste his medicine. Coloured lithograph by A.L. Noël.
Noël, Alphonse Léon, 1807-1884.Reference: 16879i
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A doctor visiting a sick child who is surrounded by medicine bottles, his mother waits in the background. Process print after H.M. Bateman, 1911.
Bateman, H. M. (Henry Mayo), 1887-1970.Date: 1911Reference: 15743i
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"Doctor Panurgus" curing the folly of his patients by purgative medicines and chemical cures. Line engraving attributed to Michael Droeshout, 16--.
Droeshout, Michael, approximately 1578-1638.Date: [between 1643 and 1667]Reference: 12024i
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A tentative patient asks whether he will be able to taste his medicine. Coloured lithograph by A.L. Noël.
Noël, Alphonse Léon, 1807-1884.Reference: 16878i
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Oral morphine in advanced cancer / Robert G. Twycross and Sylvia A. Lack.
Twycross, Robert G.Date: 1984
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A doctor asking his messenger if he delivered some medicine to one of his patients. Process print after W. Lunt, 1913.
Lunt, Wilmot, 1856-1939.Date: 5 February 1913Reference: 15772i
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A mother explaning to a doctor that her baby's medicine has been used up quickly because the whole family tried it - to encourage baby to take some. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Prance, 1923.
Prance, Bertram, 1889-Date: 1923Reference: 15431i
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A doctor attends a sick patient (who has the head of a railway engine); representing an industrial dispute regarding railway transport. Pen drawing by C.H. Phelp, 1919.
Phelp, Charles. H., active 1919.Date: 1919Reference: 15815i
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Mr. Lambkin ill with his feet in warm water being nursed by Mrs. Slops. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 12112i
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A sick boy pulling a peculiar face after eating some gruel which also contained some medicine. Engraving by W. Holl, the younger, after W. Hunt.
Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864.Reference: 18186i
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Advertisement for tablets that are supposed to help indigestion, anemia, stomach problems, migraines and insomnia. Colour photomechanical reproduction.
Reference: 16211i
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A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 18173i
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A disgruntled gouty man with all limbs bandaged, a table covered in medicine bottles is next to him. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Reference: 11891i
Part of: Toasts & sentiments
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A man grimacing at some unpleasant tasting medicine he has been prescribed to take. Coloured aquatint.
Reference: 18183i
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A doctor and nurses playing cards in a room with a sick patient. Process print after L.T. Lackernay.
Lackernay, L. T.Reference: 15701i
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A man grimacing at some unpleasant tasting medicine he has been prescribed to take. Coloured aquatint.
Reference: 18184i
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A doctor asking his patient's wife if she can possibly give the sick man some tablets, she retorts that she will make sure its possible. Reproduction of a drawing by A.E. Bestall, 1922.
Bestall, A. E., active 1922.Date: 1922Reference: 15430i