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Disabled veterans

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  • Boer War: wounded soldiers lying inside a hospital train. Halftone, c.1900.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.
  • Boer War: patients outside a military hospital gargling with antiseptic while being watched by three nurses. Halftone, c.1900, after F. de Haenen.
  • A physician diagnoses war veterans. Wood engraving, c. 1870.
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    Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

    MacPherson, Douglas, 1871-1951. | Date: 1904 | Reference: 23870i
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    Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.

    Ferrey, Benjamin, 1810-1880. | Date: 15 February 1831 | Reference: 21863i
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    Lame people, war victims and beggars receiving alms at a hospital. Etching after J. Callot.

    Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635. | Date: [Gerrit Lucasz. van Schagen?], | Reference: 18602i
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    Boer War: the Doecker Hospital Huts at Netley with patients and a horse-drawn carriage outside. Halftone, 1900, after a photograph by S. Cribb.

    Cribb, Stephen, 1875-1963. | Date: 24 March 1900 | Reference: 23741i
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    Walking on air : the inspirational story of a true British hero / Trevor Jones.

    Jones, Trevor | Date: 1997
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