Gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury

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Hooker's Malted Milk (in soluble powder) : delicious & nutritious, highest quality / Thew, Hooker & Gilbey, Ltd.

New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.

A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.

Franco-Prussian War: soldiers convalescing in the Palais Royale Military hospital. Etching by H. Tissot, 1870.

A convalescent young woman reading. Gouache painting by David Bles.

Guerre 1914-1917 : Journée nationale des tuberculeux anciens militaires.

In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : bleeding heart tetra.

In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : Siamese fighting fish.

The aldermen of Paris reviewing plans for a statue of King Louis XIV; behind, seen in a mirror, the banquet held in 1687 to celebrate the recovery of the king from illness. Line engraving by P. Chenu after C.N. Cochin after N. de Largillière.

A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

The convalescent child / [Frank T Falkner].

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

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Convalescence

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Images referencing Convalescence

Works from the collections

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

The convalescent child / [Frank T Falkner].

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

Convalescence

Images from the collections

Images referencing Convalescence

Works from the collections

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

The convalescent child / [Frank T Falkner].

The climate and resources of Madeira : as regarding chiefly the necessities of consumption and the welfare of invalids / by Michael C. Grabham.

"In sickness & in health" : Brand's Essence of Beef or Chicken / Brand & Co. Ltd.

The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.

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