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History, 20th Century

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170 images from works
  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.
  • Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway Road, London: a proposed tower for the St. David's wing, Manor Gardens. Process print after C. Holden, 1921.
  • A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • A fashionable young lady asking a pharmacist about the durability of the cosmetics he sells. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Wood, 1909.
  • Queen Alexandra visiting the sick in the Patrick ward, Dublin Hospital for the Dying, Ireland. Pen and ink drawing by A. Kemp Tebby, 1903, after H. Mills.
  • Painless childbirth in twilight sleep : a complete history of twilight sleep from its beginning in 1903 to its present development in 1915, including its successful use in Great Britain to-day / by Hanna Rion.
  • Jonathan Jay : humorous patter song / written, composed and sung by Clifford Grey.
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Works from the collections

8,682 works

    • Ephemera

    Rexall drug store : the house of McCoy / K. E. Hilty.

    | Date: [between 1940 and 1959?]
    • Books

    Hsiang-Ya journal / by Ruth Altman Greene.

    | Greene, Ruth Altman, 1896-1986 | Date: 1977
    • Books

    Zahnmedizin und Faschismus / Wolfgang Kirchhoff (Hrsg.) ; mit Beiträgen von Wolfgang Abendroth [and others].

    | Date: [1987]
    • Books

    The bleeding disease : hemophilia and the unintended consequences of medical progress / Stephen Pemberton.

    | Pemberton, Stephen Gregory | Date: 2011
    • Books

    Records of tuberculosis in Calgary / Janice P. Dickin McGinnis.

    | McGinnis, Janice P. Dickin (Janice Patricia Dickin), 1947- | Date: 1980
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Related topics

Great Britain
United States
Germany
History, 19th Century
History, 21st Century
Public Health
Physicians
World War II
England
World War I

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