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  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • Women in fashionable dress talk to one another in an interior. Engraving.
  • Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.
  • Three uniformed German army officers conversing on a balcony in Holstein. Coloured lithograph, c.1870.
  • A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.
  • Three men in a wood, a scene from Molière's play Le médecin malgré luy. Etching after Molière.
  • A surgeon bandaging a patient's knee after applying a cautery, a clergy man and a wealthy patron (?) are observing the situation. Engraving.
  • A young homoeopathic doctor converses with his patient. Coloured photolithograph.
  • An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.
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Alcohol Drinking
House furnishings
Tobacco Smoking
Speech
Smoking
Drinking glasses
Physician and patient
Tobacco
Retired military personnel
Medical consultation