A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, while an old maid prepares gruel for her. Oil painting by Quirin Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam.

A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

Scenes of nurses at St Saviour's Hospital, Regent's Park, London. Wood engraving, 1886.

Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.

A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.

Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.

A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.

1 drawing : pencil, with gouache and wash

A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.

A gynaecological physician seducing a patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood oval 25 x 18.5 cm

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 26.6 x 18.6 cm

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 16.5 x 13 cm

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

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Women patients

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Images referencing Women patients

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A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.

A gynaecological physician seducing a patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

Women patients

Images from the collections

Images referencing Women patients

Works from the collections

A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.

A gynaecological physician seducing a patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

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