A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.

An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.

A seedy looking intern. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.

A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

A Scottish shepherd telling a doctor on the roadside about the death of his wife and how glad he is that he didn't take any of the medicine the doctor had prescribed for his wife. Wood engraving after L. Raven-Hill, 1908.

A young woman and her physicians assure each other that she is cured of squinting, but alas she is not. Lithograph, c. 1830-1841.

A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.

A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.

A woman patient at a spa is told by her doctor that the treatment for her fertility might be helped by the presence of a 'diverting friend' - i.e. him. Lithograph by M. Stephane, c. 1896.

The letters of Mr. Alexander Fiddes, F.R.C.S., Edin. considered and refuted, his misrepresentations exposed, his calumnies and innuendoes set in the light of truth, his various statements in the press and otherwise weighed in the balance and found wanting / by Lewis Quier Bowerbank ; together with documentary letters and papers, tending to expose a professional conspiracy, and to afford the public in the colonies, and in Great Britain, correct judgment as to the controversy now existing on hospital matters.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.9 x 35.2 cm

A group of vaccinators leading a small-pocked woman form a procession past a university, with Death waving his scythe behind them; the members of the university doze in the foreground; attributing the decline of Germany in 19th century to vaccination and syphilis. Lithograph after C.G.G. Nittinger, 1856.

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 25.8 x 20.8 cm

Civil malpractice : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland.

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Physicians - Malpractice

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A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

Civil malpractice : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland.

Physicians - Malpractice

Images from the collections

Images about Physicians - Malpractice

Works from the collections

A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

Civil malpractice : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland.

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