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[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or boil under his armpit]

[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or bo...

Illus. and text in: Pestbuch : Hieronymus Brunschwig. [Strassburg] : J. Gruninger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 138.

[Sickbed with pox victim and text with decorated initials]

[Sickbed with pox victim and text with decorated initials]

Frontispiece and text in: Een excellent tracktaet leerende hoemen alle ghebreken der pocken sal moghen ghensen / Paracelsus. Thantwerpen : Thantwerpen : Gheprint by J. Poelants, 1553. Published in: The traditio... More

Consultation de la faculté sur la maladie de la princesse de l'aristocratie jugée incurable

Consultation de la faculté sur la maladie de la princesse de l'aristoc...

Print shows a woman sitting in a chair, one physician checking her pulse while another bathes her left foot, six additional physicians gesture wildly, presuming her illness to be incurable. Forms part of: Fren... More

Christ healing the sick ('The hundred guilder print').

Christ healing the sick ('The hundred guilder print').

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

En reviendra-t'elle? - A painting of a group of people sitting around a table

En reviendra-t'elle? - A painting of a group of people sitting around ...

Print shows seven royal physicians in consultation over the health of a female figure, representing the new French constitution, slumped in a chair; a clergyman is washing her feet.

William Hogarth - Simon Francois - The pool of Bethesda

William Hogarth - Simon Francois - The pool of Bethesda

Scene from John 5. The central protagonist is the man unable to reach the pool to be healed on account of a chronic ulcerous wound on his leg. He is then healed by Jesus. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Den Engelsman op zyn uiterste l'Anglois a toute extremitez., British Cartoon Print

Den Engelsman op zyn uiterste l'Anglois a toute extremitez., British C...

Print shows the interior of a bedroom where an Englishman is vomiting over the left side of a bed into a bowl held by a Dutchman, two men are standing on the right side of the bed, one labeled "Dr B Franklin" a... More

The sick prince. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The sick prince. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Print shows the Prince of Wales on a deathbed with members of the opposition on one side, Thurlow among them with raised dagger, wishing him a speedy death, and supporters on the other side wishing him a speedy... More

Chute prochaine de la fille a Target

Chute prochaine de la fille a Target

Print shows a hay wagon driven by a monk behind three horses, "la Guerre, la Bangueroute et un Marie Jacobin," who are harassed by "Jokais" of the constitution, "la Famine, la Rage, le Sacrilége, le Désespoir, ... More

Country characters no. 8: Doctor, Thomas Rowlandson

Country characters no. 8: Doctor, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Morgan offending the delicate organs of Captain Whiffle : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 4.

Morgan offending the delicate organs of Captain Whiffle : Hogarthian N...

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Charming-well again, British Cartoon Print

Charming-well again, British Cartoon Print

The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footma... More

Miseries personal, 11, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries personal, 11, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries personal - a crushing handshake and an injured toe Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricat... More

Medical dispatch : Or Doctor Doubledose killing two birds with one stone

Medical dispatch : Or Doctor Doubledose killing two birds with one sto...

Reclining back in an armchair is an old invalid lady, evidently at the last gasp ; her end is made still more certain by opium and composing draughts placed ready to her hand. On the armchair of the ghastly suf... More

Touch for touch : Or a female physician in full practice

Touch for touch : Or a female physician in full practice

The figure of the fair practitioner is highly spirited, a handsome young female, whose person is set off with all the allurements of fine clothes, well-dressed hair, and waving plumes. A decrepit and toothless ... More

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More

Giving up the ghost : Or one too many

Giving up the ghost : Or one too many

Stretched on a poor pallet, in a bare chamber, lies a wretched sufferer ; by his side, sleeping in an armchair, is a lace ruffled and powdered doctor, in whose pocket appears a dose labelled Final. An undertake... More

La Consultation. Book illustration from Library of Congress

La Consultation. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing ailing Napoleon losing crown while "Le Cardinal Fesch" takes his pulse. Napoleon asks: "Dear Cousin, how do you find my state?" The Cardinal replies: "Sire, it cannot endure; your Majesty has a ... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. K lith. Anst. v. Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. K lith. Anst. v. Winckelmann & Söhne in Be...

Print shows the letter "K" formed by a man sitting on a mile marker with his legs extended and holding a large board on which he is writing or painting, with examples "Kegelschieben" showing a man with a peg le... More

Jeune fille malade Bonnington sic pinxt. ; S.W. Reynolds sculpt

Jeune fille malade Bonnington sic pinxt. ; S.W. Reynolds sculpt

Print shows a young woman sitting up in a canopy bed with an elderly nun seated in a chair near the foot of the bed, and another young woman standing on the far side of the bed with her right hand over her mout... More

Friend in adversity painted by E. Prentis ; engd. by H.S. Sadd N.Y

Friend in adversity painted by E. Prentis ; engd. by H.S. Sadd N.Y

Print shows a man, possibly ill or otherwise in despair, seated in a chair before a fireplace in his bedroom, a woman sitting next to him, comforts him with kind words; a teapot steams in the fireplace and dark... More

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, November 25, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, December 20, 1853
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, October 19, 1854
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, January 5, 1854
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 30, 1855
Hibernian Benevolent Institution, incorporated 1833 / design and on stone by J. Queen ; P.S. Duval Lith. Philada.

Hibernian Benevolent Institution, incorporated 1833 / design and on st...

Print shows at center, beneath an eagle perched on an Irish harp, is a woman attending to a sick man as two well-dressed men enter the room; on the left are two horses and a shield above the motto "Virtue Liber... More

Letter from Zadoc and Julia Long to John D. Long, September 18 - 20, 1855
Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee / F. Moras fe.

Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee / F. Moras fe...

Print shows the Grim Reaper flying above a port, also two female figures standing on opposite sides of a medallion with scene of a man stopping to help a sick or injured person. Includes quotes from the Bible. ... More

Letter from Zadoc and Julia Long to John D. Long, September 11 - 16, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long and Persis Seaver Long Bartlett, March 14, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 30, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 30, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 16, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 30, 1855
Embarkation of the sick at Balaklava / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Morin lith.

Embarkation of the sick at Balaklava / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Morin lit...

Print shows the embarkation of sick persons at the harbor in Balaklava. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. L... More

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 12, 1855
Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, November 13-15, 1856

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, November 13-15, 1856

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Alphonse Legros - La promenade du convalescent

Alphonse Legros - La promenade du convalescent

The convalescent, his right hand resting on a stick advances with difficulty on the arm of a young woman who carries a basket; a cluster of trees to the right; landscape in the background. With "Imp. Par A. Del... More

Alphonse Legros - Le convalescent

Alphonse Legros - Le convalescent

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Alphonse Legros - Les pestiférés de Rome

Alphonse Legros - Les pestiférés de Rome

A cardinal, followed by his clergy, administers the last sacrament to some plague stricken people grouped before the steps of a chapel: in the lower right corner, below a dog, the signature "A. Legros". Courtes... More

Alphonse Legros - La promenade du convalescent

Alphonse Legros - La promenade du convalescent

The convalescent, his right hand resting on a stick advances with difficulty on the arm of a young woman who carries a basket; a cluster of trees to the right; landscape in the background. Printed on toned pape... More

Alphonse Legros - Les pestiférés de Rome

Alphonse Legros - Les pestiférés de Rome

A cardinal, followed by his clergy, administers the last sacrament to some plague stricken people grouped before the steps of a chapel: in the lower right corner, below a dog, the signature "A. Legros". Courtes... More

Alphonse Legros - Le convalescent

Alphonse Legros - Le convalescent

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Alphonse Legros - L'ambulance - Public domain portrait print

Alphonse Legros - L'ambulance - Public domain portrait print

Improvised ambulance in some ancient buildings during an insurrection; wounded on mattresses placed on the floor; beside one, a woman weeping; some sisters of charity come in through a door in the right backgro... More

Charles Meryon - Portrait of Charles Meryon on his sick bed.

Charles Meryon - Portrait of Charles Meryon on his sick bed.

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Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 10-12, 1860

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 10-12, 1860

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Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 3-5, 1860

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, March 3-5, 1860

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Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, February 23-24, 1860

Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long, February 23-24, 1860

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Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Zachityvanie bol'nago

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Zachityvanie bol'nago

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 71.

[Girl in bed, flowers in foreground]

[Girl in bed, flowers in foreground]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Horrors of the emigrant ship--scene in the hold of the "James Foster, Jun."

Horrors of the emigrant ship--scene in the hold of the "James Foster, ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 March 27, p. 204. LC copy has tear through the middle.

Sub-Inspector Rowan & servant - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Sub-Inspector Rowan & servant - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Acupuncturist with patient] - Public domain scenic drawing

[Acupuncturist with patient] - Public domain scenic drawing

Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From the "Medicine" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: Dav... More

[Medical practitioner with patient]

[Medical practitioner with patient]

Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From the "Medicine" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: Dav... More

[On shipboard]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[On shipboard]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title from handwritten notation on mat. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

She gathered up the poor little thing on the floor

She gathered up the poor little thing on the floor

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Boy learning to cycle, injured and disabled men, men cycling]

[Boy learning to cycle, injured and disabled men, men cycling]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Seven Stages," Life magazine.

New Jersey--President Garfield at Elberon--His first view of the ocean from his reclining-chair, Sept. 13th / from a sketch by a staff artist.

New Jersey--President Garfield at Elberon--His first view of the ocean...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 63, 1881 Oct. 1, p. 65.

A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Opper.

A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Oppe...

Illustration shows Puck in the Senate chamber, among many senators sick with "Presidential Fever"; Puck is offering a spoonful of "Anti-Presidential Quinine" to John Sherman. Among the senators present are Wade... More

The good samaritan / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The good samaritan / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover Cleveland as pilgrims on a journey through rugged Middle Eastern landscape; leading the way is Hayes, holding a paper that states "Patronage... More

Then the cold fingers left his wrist, and crept slowly upward toward his throat

Then the cold fingers left his wrist, and crept slowly upward toward h...

Man standing appears to be taking the pulse of the man in bed. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Maverick Mystery" by ... More

For ever - Print, Library of Congress collection

For ever - Print, Library of Congress collection

7167 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Schmaltz, Herbert, art... More

A Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

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A Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021264. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, visiting a patient]

[Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, visiting a patient]

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021258. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

How did your husband find out? asked the head faintly

How did your husband find out? asked the head faintly

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Telegram" by Robert Livingston Beecher, Collier's weekly (July 1, 1905), p. 17.

Visiting a patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Visiting a patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "5" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021268. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hiscox & Co. - Victorian era public domain image

Hiscox & Co. - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3686 ( tradecards,3686 ) .. Subject (TGM): Sick persons; Then & now comparisons; Men; Patent medicines; Health; Healing; Pharmacists; Drugstores;

A Patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Public domain photograph - portrait of athlete, champion, sport, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021259. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A Convalescent, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Convalescent, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

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A Convalescent, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Convalescent, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021267. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Lincoln standing beside a man's bed]

[Lincoln standing beside a man's bed]

Title devised by cataloger. Probably published in The Perfect Tribute. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Visiting a patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Visiting a patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, visiting a patient

Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, visiting a patient

Title from jacket. "1524" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032379. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

A Ward in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

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Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, and b... More

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, and b... More

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Carnot malade!

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, and b... More

Coroner Harrison is a little too previous / Dalrymple.

Coroner Harrison is a little too previous / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam reclining in a chair with his feet resting on a foot stool, on a table next to him are medications labeled "Tariff Reform Tonic" and "Repeal of Sherman Silver Law Elixir", on the floor nex... More

A very sick patient - he pays well, but the senaotrial quacks can't save him / F.M. Hutchins.

A very sick patient - he pays well, but the senaotrial quacks can't sa...

Print shows several legislators as quack physicians trying to cure a large sick man labeled "Protection" with a packet of "Boodle" on his lap; from left, "Hill, Pugh, Vest, Chandler, Brice, Hoar, Peffer, Gorman... More

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows three men holding spoons labeled "Russia, England, [and] Japan", attempting to force a large pill labeled "Ultimatum" from an "International Pill Box" into a despairing Chinese man sitting on a thro... More

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More

He lay looking and listening dreamily

He lay looking and listening dreamily

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0209). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Girl of Modern Tyre," Century magazine, 53:416 (Jan. 1897).

He has one medicine for all ills / J.S. Pughe.

He has one medicine for all ills / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President McKinley as a physician dispensing strong "Tariff" medicine in the men's ward of a sanatorium where beds line the walls and are occupied by a "Business Man", a "Populist", a "Jingoist", a ... More

"Darn the cucumbers! Never mind the doctor, send for the minister"

"Darn the cucumbers! Never mind the doctor, send for the minister"

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

Cuba. Starving Cubans at Matanzas, Stereoscope Card

Cuba. Starving Cubans at Matanzas, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph - 19th-century stereoscopic card, view, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A change of doctors the only thing that will save her / Keppler.

A change of doctors the only thing that will save her / Keppler.

Print shows a man wearing outdated clothing labeled "Mediæval Quack" administering a large pill labeled "False Pride" to a female figure labeled "Spain" reclining in a chair next to a small table on which is a ... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [Man seated in chair, another person in bed]

Alice Barber Stephens - [Man seated in chair, another person in bed]

Drawing shows a man with worried expression on his face, seated in chair, keeping vigil over another man lying in bed. Illustration for: "Middlemarch" by George Eliot, 1899. Inscribed in blue pencil on verso: ... More

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