A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.

Boer War: wounded soldiers lying inside a hospital train. Halftone, c.1900.

A ward on the top deck of a hospital ship with patients standing or sitting by their beds. Engraving.

Five kinds of treatment in hospitals and elsewhere. Wood engraving, 1881.

A pregnant woman on an obstetrical bed. Line engraving by G.B. Cipriani, 1811, after S. Clementi.

Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.

A ward in the Royal Northern Central Hospital, London. Photograph, ca. 1912.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale assessing a ward at the military hospital in Scutari. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Medical staff standing round a woman patient in bed in a hospital ward. Photograph by Seeberger Frères, ca. 1910.

A blurred figure in the foreground looks at a hospital bed, a photograph by Gladys representing an advertisement for an exhibition entitled: "Views: caregivers at the heart of the AIDS years" at the Hôtel de Miramon from 1st December [World AIDS Day] 1992 to 16th January 1993 by the Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Lithograph.

A physician examining a child, who is being comforted by a nurse in the ward of a childrens' hospital. Photogravure by J.Löwy, 1901, after I. Knopp, 1892.

Boer War: a full ward in the Wynberg military hospital, South Africa, with nurses attending the wounded. Halftone, 1900, after P.F.S. Spence after H. Egersdorfer.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 11.1 x 15.7 cm

Nottingham: a verandah open to the air with a bed and a cot, each containing a child being treated for acute illness. Photograph, 1893.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 17.1 x 22.8 cm

A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 57.3 x 41 cm

An American sailor sitting on a hospital bed, prevented by venereal disease from joining his ship. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital, 1856, plus a portrait drawing. Process print, 1908.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

It's not possible to book tickets for events at present due to a problem with the ticketing system. We're working to fix it. You can still search and check information about events but please try again later if you want to book a ticket.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Archive collection level pages, plus the archive collection treatment on the work page and in search results.

The catalogue API's shortDescription is shown on the archive collection hero and in search results.

Archive collection

The three thematic browsing category pages (subjects, people & organisations, types & techniques) become accessible.

Subject sub-category pages become accessible, and the subjects category page gains a sub-category menu.

Hospital beds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hospital beds

Works from the collections

Nottingham: a verandah open to the air with a bed and a cot, each containing a child being treated for acute illness. Photograph, 1893.

A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

An American sailor sitting on a hospital bed, prevented by venereal disease from joining his ship. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital, 1856, plus a portrait drawing. Process print, 1908.

Hospital beds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hospital beds

Works from the collections

Nottingham: a verandah open to the air with a bed and a cot, each containing a child being treated for acute illness. Photograph, 1893.

A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

An American sailor sitting on a hospital bed, prevented by venereal disease from joining his ship. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital, 1856, plus a portrait drawing. Process print, 1908.

Related topics