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Karl Christopher Elsen (1649-90) M.D. Nuremberg, Physician at Kulmbach

Portrait of Dr John Walker-Smith

Punch, 1847-1849 (January - June 1849)

Portrait of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis [1818 - 1865], Hungarian-Austrian physician

J. Russel, Advertisement for services

M0018484: Portrait of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915)

Handy book of medical information and advice ... / by a physician.

Medical reform a public question, or, How to save twenty thousand lives per annum without putting the country to a farthing's expense / by a physician.

Considerations concerning the distemper which still spreads itself among the horned cattle in this Kingdom ... / By a physician.

The Ostermilk book.

Some friendly cautions to the heads of families: containing ample directions to nurses who attend the sick, and women in child-bed, &c / By a physician [i.e. R.W. Johnson].

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Handy book of medical information and advice ... / by a physician.

Medical reform a public question, or, How to save twenty thousand lives per annum without putting the country to a farthing's expense / by a physician.

Considerations concerning the distemper which still spreads itself among the horned cattle in this Kingdom ... / By a physician.

The Ostermilk book.

Some friendly cautions to the heads of families: containing ample directions to nurses who attend the sick, and women in child-bed, &c / By a physician [i.e. R.W. Johnson].

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