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  • A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.
  • A doctor prescribing continuation of treatment to his reluctant patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1799, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • Town fops including L. Skeffington, J. Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright, feigning fashionable wounds after the return of the troops from Holland. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1799.
  • Ten surgeons discussing the cause of death of George Clarke, who died in riots at an election at Brentford in 1768. Line engraving, 1769.
  • An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclamation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • Roderick Random (a licentiate from Scotland) facing a board of medical examiners at Surgeons Hall. Coloured aquatint by J. Stadler, 1800, after S. Collings after T. Smollett.
  • An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclamation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
  • A obstetrician dressed in a grand manner, wearing a sword and carrying a tall cane. Etching, 1773.
  • Sheridan presented as Francisco Pizarro presented as a physician; representing his loyalty to the British Crown against the Franch Revolution and Bonaparte. Coloured aquatint, 1799.
  • A seated man smoking with a tankard on the table by his side. Procees print after P. Rajon, 1872, after J.L. Meissonier, 1858.
  • Patients undergoing magnetic therapy. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after J. Collings.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • A doctor prescribing continuation of treatment to his reluctant patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1799, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
  • An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.
  • A grumpy physician taking the pulse of an alarmed man. Coloured etching.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured pen drawing by A.G., 1821, after J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A deputation of dissolute surgeons to the Lord Chancellor. Coloured etching by G.M. Woodward, 1797.
  • Three women, one of them wielding a syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • Tom Ruby being tricked by six friends into thinking he is suffering from the 'sweating sickness', thereby missing his feast. Coloured line engraving, 1799, after Nixon (?).
  • A group of doctors fighting. Stipple engraving, 1785.
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.
  • Three women huddle eagerly around a medicine bottle; perhaps connected with pregnancy. Mezzotint by T. Scratchley, 1771.
  • A man sits outside a window to smoke and drink, his servant waits behind him. Stipple engraving by Sailliar, mid-18th century, after G. Dou.