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Images from the collections

Images about Physicians

1,242 images from works
  • Physicians and surgeons of America (illustrated) : a collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession / edited and compiled by Irving A. Watson.
  • M0012409: Portrait of Henry Robert Silvester (1829-1908)
  • M0013756: Portrait of Andre Du Laurens (1558-1609)
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.
  • A physician examining urine. Mezzotint by C. Spooner after A. van Ostade.
  • Above, the emperor Aurangzeb consults a physician; below, one of the emperor's sons is attended by physicians. Gouache painting, 17--.
  • The medical profession in all countries, containing photographic portraits from life.
  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • M0016713: Portrait of Nathaniel St Andre (c.1680-1776)
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Works from the collections

8,054 works

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    Entdeckungsreisen und ihre Bedeutung für die Seefahrt : der Einsatz der deutschen Marine in der Südsee / Hans Schadewaldt.

    Schadewaldt, Hans. | Date: [1999]
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    At Mr. Brett's, an apothecary, at the upper-end of Prescot-Street, in Goodmans-Fields, London, liveth a chirurgion, who infallibly cures all sorts of squint, or blear eyes : in a short time, without pain or danger, in either age of infancy, tho' of long continuance.

    Brett, Mr. | Date: [1700?]
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    Médecines & médecins Normands d'autrefois / Suzanne Jacques-Marin.

    Jacques-Marin, Suzanne. | Date: [2012]
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    The education of early nineteenth century American physicians : with relevance to the intercession attempts on the smallpox virus, with focus on the smallpox epidemic of 1837--1838 / by Eric Paul Matthews.

    Matthews, Eric Paul, 1973- | Date: 2008
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    Reminiscences of a country doctor, 1840-1914 / by David Pride.

    Pride, David. | Date: 1914
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History of Medicine
United Kingdom
History, 20th Century
Germany
History, 19th Century
United States
France
18th-19th centuries
19th-20th centuries
Medicine

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