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  • A doctor is taking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair. Coloured etching (?), ca. 1840.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Engraving by M. Hofmann, 18--, after S.F. Perger after F. van Mieris the elder.
  • John Dee and Edward Kelley attend to the wounded Guy Fawkes, and give him an elixir which revives him. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • 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 whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.
  • 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 whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing.
  • Comédie-Française, Paris: a corridor used as a hospital in the Franco-Prussian War showing nurses treating patients. Photograph by Fiorillo after A. Brouillet, 1870.
  • A man foolishly trying to treat his own illnesses by imitating a physician. Colour lithograph by C. E.(?), 1931.
  • Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and nurses. Line engraving after C. Armytage.
  • Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and nurses. Line engraving after C. Armytage.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • Dr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage.