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A surgeon-apothecary shouts back from an open window at a request for a night-visit to a patient, sending pot plants and a cat flying. Coloured aquatint by H. Pyall after M Egerton (Ego), 1827.

A physician called out of bed by a hoax night call. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 18--.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.

Thé Dépuratif B.M.: product label. Lithograph.

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A physician called out of bed by a hoax night call. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 18--.

A surgeon-apothecary shouts back from an open window at a request for a night-visit to a patient, sending pot plants and a cat flying. Coloured aquatint by H. Pyall after M Egerton (Ego), 1827.

Thé Dépuratif B.M.: product label. Lithograph.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.