World War I: an operation in a light cruiser. Oil painting by Godfrey Jervis Gordon ("Jan Gordon"). https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970094/image-person-art-lightFree Image from public domain licenseBritannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13951625/image-arrow-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA beautiful young woman being examined by a bald fat doctor. Chromolithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13952289/beautiful-young-woman-being-examined-bald-fat-doctor-chromolithographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Physician Considered as God, plate one from Allegories of the Medical Profession. by Hendrick Goltzius https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8971084/image-paper-cartoon-angelFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: army doctor treating a patient in the midst of a firing line. Coloured process print. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968757/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseAn injection against croup at the Hôpital Trousseau, Paris. Photogravure by Bruun Clement, 1899, after P.A.A. Brouillet… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970063/image-person-hospital-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians , her mother or… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958692/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor examining a woman's mouth; doctor and patient are kneeling on the floor. Watercolour, ca. 1830. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959671/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA beautiful young woman looks away coyly while an aged doctor examines her chest. Chromolithograph after A. Faivre. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966016/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licensePlague doctor. Person wearing a hat, a mask suggestive of a bird beak, goggles or glasses, and a long gown. The clothing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8782551/image-medicine-person-maskFree Image from public domain licenseNineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960993/image-background-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966163/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA young doctor vows his love to a thoughtful young woman. Coloured photolithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963703/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn ailing old man surrounded by medicine bottles and cases moans that his doctor has not given him enough medicine. Colour… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966987/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn inexperienced student doctor taking the pulse of a patient in his bed. Coloured etching by A.M. Mills, 1806. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965054/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThree doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965489/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA man surrounded by a feast while professing to have no appetite, his doctor observing how yellow he and his surroundings… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968717/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA couple of country folk consulting a decrepit doctor; a servant smiles menacingly in the doorway. Coloured etching by T.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966588/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThree doctors in close discussion, their patient being nursed in the next room. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Winter, 1869… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966324/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor taking the pulse of a woman patient, seated at a table. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969613/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseA German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964565/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseOf what ill will he die?, plate 40 from Los Caprichos by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8973284/image-paper-cartoon-frameFree Image from public domain licenseBloodletting instruments. Various bloodletting instruments including fleams, lancets and scarifiers. . Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8786601/image-vintage-airplane-medicalFree Image from public domain licenseBloodletting: Various types of instruments used. Various bloodletting instruments including fleams, lancets and scarifiers.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8786482/image-vintage-medical-scissorsFree Image from public domain licenseVarious types of bloodletting instruments. Scarificators, lancets, cupping bells, and other instruments are arranged by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8786607/image-vintage-furniture-medicalFree Image from public domain licenseA gynaecological operation. Colour lithograph by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956348/gynaecological-operation-colour-lithograph-virginia-powell-ca-1995Free Image from public domain licenseA foppish doctor paying a house call on a young lady with her mother and baby; represented as a mule, a cat, a dog and a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961678/image-dog-cat-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseTwo doctors fight over which method to use on a patient; dramatising the conflict between allopathy and homoeopathy.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962075/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13952852/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe diagnosis: a skeletal doctor measures a patient's pulse. Lithograph by L. Crusius, 1897. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961072/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose abdomen is tapped ejecting a fountain into a bucket. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970721/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseNineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970033/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseDeath's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962269/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseJohn Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954736/image-dog-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954777/image-arrows-background-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor and some women attend to and prepare bandages for a wounded military man lying in comfortable surroundings.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967791/image-person-art-watercolorsFree Image from public domain licenseAn English doctor instructs his English patient not to eat as he does. Coloured engraving by Louis-Franc̦ois Charon. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969283/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA misunderstanding between doctor and patient. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965104/misunderstanding-between-doctor-and-patient-coloured-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor and footman hurling pudding at each other in an attempt to make the obese patient laugh in order to cure his… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955678/image-dog-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961858/image-cartoon-face-handFree Image from public domain licenseTwo doctors fight over which method to use on a patient; dramatising the conflict between allopathy and homoeopathy.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955711/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA little dog attacking the ear of a blood-hound; representing doctor-patient relationships. Lithograph after E.H. Moore. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957401/image-dogs-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseAn obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962030/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA nonchalant doctor dancing a jig amidst unhappy patients in a decrepit hospital ward. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959232/image-dog-cartoon-flowersFree Image from public domain licenseFour doctors discussing the case of Sir Toby Bumper, while he is recovering in bed from too much alcohol. Coloured etching… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969254/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseQui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his mistress and child and the doctor's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956274/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959663/image-cartoon-flowers-personFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: a nurse lifts the head of a wounded man lying in a hospital ward. Halftone, c.1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965063/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA foot doctor at work: the male patient is seated on a bench and smoking a pipe. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953167/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967838/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960949/image-cartoon-person-medicineFree Image from public domain licenseA patient refusing the prescriptions of opposing doctors; referring to Russell's refusal to take any further part in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960366/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA uniformed German army doctor treats a wounded soldier on a hilltop while others assist and stand nearby. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959251/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. Coloured etching by A.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964805/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor serving in the French Garde Nationale (reserves) feeling the pulse of a frail old man who is seated in an armchair… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968010/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956518/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTabitha Grunt a hypochondriac who appears to suffer from many illnesses, consulting a bemused looking doctor. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954592/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA sick man projects his tongue while a doctor takes his pulse. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953024/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969913/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967143/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor prescribing continuation of treatment to his reluctant patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1799, after G.M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957043/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn injection against croup at the Hôpital Trousseau, Paris. Lithograph by E. Buval after P.A.A. Brouillet. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955104/image-person-hospital-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor is delighted at confronting a full-blown case of cholera. Coloured lithograph by Cham, c. 1845. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954712/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA gouty man surrounded by his collection of artefacts, telling his doctor how they keep turning blue; suggesting the man's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966741/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor prescribes another ninety leeches for a sick, bedbound man; gentlemen crowd around the bed. Coloured lithograph by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970528/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseA long queue (line) of angry patients agitating outside the house of a doctor (surgeon-apothecary); he squirts a syringe at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961169/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThree doctors representing diet, cheerfulness and rest, defend their patient from death. Coloured etching by C. Williams… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967040/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor presenting a patient with a large pill; representing Addington's concession to the City of London by withdrawing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969690/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964327/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor reprimanding an obese patient for not taking his medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1797. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969990/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA butcher's boy describes his ailment to a doctor in terms of cuts of meat. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957959/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969150/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954512/image-person-medicine-artFree Image from public domain licenseA surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960853/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953302/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseBoniface consulting a doctor about the fullness of his stomach. Coloured engraving by T.L. Busby, 1827. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955661/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor and nurses playing cards in a room with a sick patient. Process print after L.T. Lackernay. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957222/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseInjecting Blood Royal or Phlebotomy at St Cloud. Caricature: Napoleon is sitting on the throne receiving an injection of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8786603/image-cloud-art-tigersFree Image from public domain licenseA nonchalant doctor dancing a jig amidst unhappy patients in a decrepit hospital ward. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957835/image-dog-cartoon-flowersFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor (Joseph Chelius) takes the pulse of a young woman who warms to his presence. Coloured etching, ca. 1831. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953497/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseIndian doctor taking the pulse of a patient. Gouache drawing. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963391/indian-doctor-taking-the-pulse-patient-gouache-drawingFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor waiting for his patient to vomit after administering an emetic. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1800. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956315/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor restraining a young man while a lady funnel-feeds his medicine. Coloured etching, c. 1840. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963420/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963068/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo old gouty men dancing with bandaged legs, an old nurse is holding their crutches, behind her is a gleeful doctor.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961204/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA group of doctors and medical students surround a dying patient. Watercolour attributed to T. Rowlandson. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969959/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA gouty patient in his room full of unproductive doctors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1808. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961965/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseFive doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963410/image-cartoon-face-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseA man interrupting a doctor's misconduct with a young female patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1786. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964371/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor examining a patient and enquiring about his health, leading to a mis-apprehension. Coloured lithograph, c.1848, by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955482/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA young doctor confides in his equally fashionably dressed friend. Coloured photolithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957950/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseDoctor Spurzheim in his consulting room measuring the head of a peculiar looking patient; a bemused barber looks on.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965891/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseFive medical satires: A 'congress of patients'; a woman tells her blue-eyed lover that the man of her dreams has black eyes … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967960/image-cartoon-cow-personFree Image from public domain license