Indoor-area where people can wait for an appointment, train, plane, bus, etc.

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Eastman Dental Hospital, London: the waiting room. Process print, 1926.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: receiving day for outpatients. Process print after W. W. Russell.

A patient thanking his dentist for pulling a tooth out and asking can he go and finish reading a magazine in the waiting-room. Reproduction of a drawing after H. Batchelor, 1928.

Waiting room in a dispensary for the treatment of tuberculosis, Cuba: a nurse stands beside the reception table, surrounded by seated patients. Photograph, 1902.

Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the waiting room. Process print, 1929.

University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.

The Pasteur Institute Hospital, Kasauli, India: Indian patients awaiting examination and giving their medical history, prior to treatment for rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Mothers holding their sick children waiting to consult a physician. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A scared man allowing someone else to take his place in the queue at the dentists. Reproduction of a drawing after G.L Stampa, 1925.

Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London: the out-patient waiting room. Photograph, 1912.

Franco-Prussian War: showing a waiting room at Chemin de Fer l'Ouest used as a hospital. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

The Pasteur Institute Hospital, Kasauli, India: Indian patients receiving their allocation of blankets and cooking equipment. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Heart haiku : medical spaces and places. Issue 7, June 2021.

The Pasteur Institute Hospital, Kasauli, India: Indian patients holding treatment cards awaiting inoculation against rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

A doctor's waiting room. Watercolour by D.W. Reed.

A pediatric waiting room. Etching with gouache by May H. Lesser, 1974.

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Waiting Rooms

Images from the collections

Images referencing Waiting Rooms

Works from the collections

Heart haiku : medical spaces and places. Issue 7, June 2021.

The Pasteur Institute Hospital, Kasauli, India: Indian patients holding treatment cards awaiting inoculation against rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

A doctor's waiting room. Watercolour by D.W. Reed.

A pediatric waiting room. Etching with gouache by May H. Lesser, 1974.

Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London: the out-patient waiting room. Photograph, 1912.

Waiting Rooms

Images from the collections

Images referencing Waiting Rooms

Works from the collections

Heart haiku : medical spaces and places. Issue 7, June 2021.

The Pasteur Institute Hospital, Kasauli, India: Indian patients holding treatment cards awaiting inoculation against rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

A doctor's waiting room. Watercolour by D.W. Reed.

A pediatric waiting room. Etching with gouache by May H. Lesser, 1974.

Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London: the out-patient waiting room. Photograph, 1912.

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