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A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.

Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases - a lazar house. Stipple engraving by M. Haughton, 1813, after H. Fuseli.

A sick child sitting on her father's knee while her mother prepares some soup for her, a dead rabbit is lying on the floor. Chromolithograph after J. Clark.

A nun supporting a sick child; representing the work of the Herwonnen Levenskracht movement in helping tuberculous children. Colour lithograph by M. Wiegman, ca. 1930.

A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.

A convalescent girl, lying in bed, holding a bunch of flowers. Photograph by Ernest G. Boon, ca. 1904.

A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.

An aggressive woman bullying a child who is too ill to work. Pen drawing.

A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

H.R.H. The Princess Louise, with many patients, nurses and doctors in a ward of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Chelsea. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles, 1876.

A doctor attempting to talk to an ill child and being completely misunderstood. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Baumer, 1926.

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An aggressive woman bullying a child who is too ill to work. Pen drawing.

A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

H.R.H. The Princess Louise, with many patients, nurses and doctors in a ward of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Chelsea. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles, 1876.

A doctor attempting to talk to an ill child and being completely misunderstood. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Baumer, 1926.

A convalescent girl, lying in bed, holding a bunch of flowers. Photograph by Ernest G. Boon, ca. 1904.