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A mother and her five delighted children turned away from their dentist's at Easter because he has toothache. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1874.

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

A surgeon-apothecary shouts back from an open window at a request for a night-visit to a patient, sending pot plants and a cat flying. Coloured aquatint by H. Pyall after M Egerton (Ego), 1827.

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 dozen scenes presenting the manifold aspects of a family doctor's personality. Wood engraving by M.B.

A health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.

Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A snobbish mother resistant to her daughter's doctor using a vaccine from their neighbour's child. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1872.

Jours de consultations : Lundi, Mercredi, Vendredi de 3 h, res. à 5 h res. : prix 5 francs : 9, Rue de Montholon.

Three children automatically putting out their tongues for inspection upon meeting the family doctor in Kensington Gardens. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1861.

Treatment in general practice. Vol. 1-2, The management of some major medical disorders : articles republished from the British medical journal.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

The doctor. Episodes 2 and 3.

The art of consultation.

The beginning of the College of General Practitioners.

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Family Practice

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Treatment in general practice. Vol. 1-2, The management of some major medical disorders : articles republished from the British medical journal.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

The doctor. Episodes 2 and 3.

The art of consultation.

The beginning of the College of General Practitioners.

Family Practice

Images from the collections

Images referencing Family Practice

Works from the collections

Treatment in general practice. Vol. 1-2, The management of some major medical disorders : articles republished from the British medical journal.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

The doctor. Episodes 2 and 3.

The art of consultation.

The beginning of the College of General Practitioners.

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