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  • A doctor diagnosing an ill young man as suffering from lovesickness. Wood engraving by A. Hopkins, 1898.
  • A butcher's boy describes his ailment to a doctor in terms of cuts of meat. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by Crété after B.A. Rabier, 1903.
  • M0012331: Section on diagnostics in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946
  • M0011050: Two scholars in a cabinet, one examining a urine flask
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Coloured engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1772, after Pietro da Cortona.
  • M0013714: Physician examining a urine flask
  • A physician examining a pregnant woman's urine specimen in his library. Mezzotint.
  • M0012765: Section III and IV of the 'Medicine of the Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth' exhibition
  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are visiting Antiochus who is reclining on a daybed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse. Engraving by J. de Longueil after C.P. Marillier, 1774.
  • M0011050: Two scholars in a cabinet, one examining a urine flask
  • M0011049: A physician examining a urine flask
  • A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.
  • A woman suffering from elephantiasis, being examined by three people. Reproduction of an oil painting by A. del Sarto.
  • A doctor examining a thermometer after taking the temperature of an elderly golfing fanatic. Wood engraving by F.H. Townsend, 1907.
  • A medical practitioner examining the throat of a nervous woman via the anus. Cut paper silhouette by Elkan.
  • Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.
  • M0011167: A physician examining a urine flask brought by a young woman
  • A doctor is delighted at confronting a full-blown case of cholera. Coloured lithograph by Cham, c. 1845.
  • A gleeful physician closely examines the buttocks of a middle-aged lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
  • Johann Gottfried Matthes (Mathes), a "natural healer", taking the pulse of a patient suffering from the dropsy. Etching, 1784.
  • An American and an English doctor discussing Viennese doctors. Wood engraving.
  • The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice / R.E. Dudgeon.
  • A hospital physician asks a patient about his drinking, the patient replies whatever is on offer. Wood engraving after C. Keene.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
  • M0012764: Section II B of the 'Medicine of the Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth' exhibition
  • A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • William Pitt the younger consults the doctor John Bull on his failing health. Coloured aquatint, 1798.