A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Coloured line engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1767, after J.-B.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969824/image-dog-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968954/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo uniformed German soldiers carrying in a battle victim to a military doctor who waits in a barn. Coloured lithograph, c.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966809/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licensePilgrims receiving the Eucharist in the chapel of Saint Dymphna at Gheel. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966973/image-person-church-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966307/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968572/image-frame-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseDolores la Orden, sick with a burning fever, is commended by her son to Christ and the Virgin, July 1862. Oil painting by a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968657/image-christ-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962931/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseA sailor's widow listens while a woman reads her a letter. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 183, after J.A.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962702/image-frame-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA person ill in bed, attended by a deacon , praying to the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966214/image-background-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA man, having recovered from sickness, gives thanks to the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Oil painting by an Italian painter. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966003/image-frame-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA convalescing woman trying in vain to rouse her slumbering hired nurse: the cat scavenges her food and the candle sets… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965213/image-dog-cat-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Bernardino of Siena bringing a sick infant back from the dead. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after V. Salimbeni. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965207/image-face-person-artFree 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 woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962666/image-person-art-manFree 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 licenseA young woman being attended by a (homoeopathic) physician. Coloured photolithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965819/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA physician prescribing entertainment as a cure for a young woman's nervous illness. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-E. Jacque. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965874/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA parade of wretched, smallpocked people walk away from a doctor who counts his money. Coloured etching, c. 1800. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964256/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967188/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn ill physician refusing to let his wife call another doctor. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962086/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Peter and Saint John healing a lame man at the entrance to the Temple. Oil painting after L. Cardi, il Cigoli. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965700/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseMad Margery, a young woman driven mad and living in the fields. Oil painting attributed to J.J. Hill, 18--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966224/image-person-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA German army medical officer treating a wounded man who is supported by a third soldier, in the open air. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966111/image-horse-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseA corpse is lifted from the back of a wagon during the 1832 cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966289/image-dog-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseAn ill woman collapsing, a maid rushes to her aid while her physician is examining a urine specimen. Lithograph by N.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963728/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA niece visits her smallpocked uncle and gives him presents. Coloured engraving by Gautier. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962529/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseSir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961377/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseNursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: A-K, T-Z, ab-h. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962777/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA sick old woman seated between two doctors each prescribing different medication; representing Wellington's and Russell's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963045/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAtlas of head sections : fifty-three engraved copperplates of frozen sections of the head and fifty-three key plates with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961064/image-person-art-patternFree Image from public domain licenseTom Ruby being tricked by six friends into thinking he is suffering from the 'sweating sickness', thereby missing his feast.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959852/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAtlas of head sections : fifty-three engraved copperplates of frozen sections of the head and fifty-three key plates with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960898/image-person-art-black-backgroundFree Image from public domain licenseA physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960778/image-person-book-artFree Image from public domain licenseA physician examines a patient's stools; he is very pleased; the sarcastic maid asks him if he would like a fork. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963156/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA sick man lying in bed is being read to by a young woman, while three others look anxious. Pen and ink drawing. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963282/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseCrimean War: Florence Nightingale checking on her patients and administrating medicine at Scutari Hospital. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963135/image-person-medicine-artFree Image from public domain licenseA grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963161/image-cartoon-face-frameFree Image from public domain licenseCrimean War, Balaklava: embarkation of the sick. Coloured lithograph by E. Morin, 1855, after W. Simpson. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960394/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962251/image-frame-person-artFree 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 licenseThe World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago: a view of the Liberal Arts, Electricity and Administration buildings… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959059/image-person-arts-skyFree Image from public domain license"Anxious moments": a sick child, its grieving parents, a nursemaid and a medical practitioner. Oil painting attributed to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962069/image-person-art-fireFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: removing the wounded after battle. Brush and wash drawing by H.M.Paget, 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961119/image-horse-person-watercolorsFree Image from public domain licenseAlexander the Great demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958999/image-angel-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Matilda: she serves sick people in a hospital. Colour photogravure, 1898. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958965/saint-matilda-she-serves-sick-people-hospital-colour-photogravure-1898Free Image from public domain licenseA doctor enthusiastically examines a patient's stools. Colour process print after F.L. Gottlob. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958415/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959632/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA physician taking the hand of a sick female patient, her mother is standing near them. Watercolour by A. Jerôme. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961033/image-dogs-cat-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961453/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseInterior with a medical practitioner attending to a sick man in the presence of other figures. Oil painting by Jan Josef… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958659/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA man visits a woman in hospital. Colour process print after a lithograph by T.A. Steinlen. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957881/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseMercury lies dying from cholera, surrounded by ministers; representing the sickly state of the French economy in the 1830s.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957536/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe characters (in silhouette) from Molière's play 'Le malade imaginaire'. Process print. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954073/image-cartoon-shadow-personFree Image from public domain licenseA shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955822/image-dog-cartoon-cowsFree 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 licenseVotive picture: a woman praying to Christ crucified for the health of a sick child in bed; the Virgin above. Oil painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959658/image-frame-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseA young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955400/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseBonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955667/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseConcerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957600/image-dogs-horse-personFree Image from public domain licenseAyer's cherry pectoral cures colds, coughs & all diseases of the throat and lungs / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955565/image-cartoon-face-plantFree Image from public domain licenseAn ill man being visited by a suspicious looking man. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955274/ill-man-being-visited-suspicious-looking-man-coloured-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseA physician dispensing medicine through a window, a large group of patients are waiting their turn, a female assistant has a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13959199/image-person-medicine-artFree Image from public domain licenseMademoiselle de La Vallière reading from the Bible to a sick paralysed woman, another prays while a dog welcomes the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957993/image-dog-cartoon-personFree 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 licenseLord John Russell cuts a plaster while the Marquess of Normanby sits in a chair with an ill countenance, Daniel O'Connell… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956824/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseTwo men carry a sick woman in a chair-carry towards the hospital of Lisbon. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1812. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954792/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957379/image-cartoon-person-bookFree 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 licenseA woman offers a watermelon to a sick man; he is cured and both start dancing; she holds up a medicine bottle. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957205/image-cartoon-person-medicineFree Image from public domain licensePeople engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954090/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA young woman dabs her eye as her mother looks askance; she suspects the onset of cholera. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953796/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA surgeon bandaging an elderly man's knee in a street surrounded by a group of onlookers. Colour process print after R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956581/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA woman diagnosed as suffering from chronic dementia. Colour lithograph, 1896, after J. Williamson, ca. 1890. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970595/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Evelina Hospital, Southwark: a mother and daughter visiting a girl in hospital at Christmas. Coloured process print… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970685/image-cartoon-face-christmasFree Image from public domain licenseThe Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955908/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA person ill in bed, attended by a deacon , praying to the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955931/image-background-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970266/image-dog-face-jesus-christFree Image from public domain licenseA wraith-like figure emerges 'cured' from the hospital. Coloured lithograph by Mantoux, c. 1830. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955689/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA native North American shaman or medicine man healing a patient. Chromolithograph by C. Schuessele after Captain Eastman. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969739/image-person-medicine-artFree Image from public domain licenseThree leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953084/image-cartoon-person-artFree 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 licenseAn undertaker drops in to give Christmas and New Year wishes to a sick man. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1830. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13952851/image-cartoon-christmas-personFree Image from public domain licenseA disgruntled ill man taking a large dose of medicine. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954299/disgruntled-ill-man-taking-large-dose-medicine-coloured-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseA young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969422/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseErnesto Jagovaggi ill in bed, two women praying for his recovery, 27 October 1866. Watercolour by an Italian painter, 1866. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968951/image-cartoon-person-artFree 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 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 physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13952469/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseCrimean War: Florence Nightingale with her lamp at a patient's bedside. Colour lithograph, 1891, after H. Rae. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953860/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseD.G., ill in bed, praying to Christ and the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows, 1859. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1859. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953498/image-frame-christ-personFree 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 licenseTwo women trying to seat a hysterical hypochondriac while a cat arches its back. Coloured lithograph after J.H. Fragonard. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968709/image-dog-cats-personFree Image from public domain licenseAnatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left);… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954027/image-cartoon-person-medicineFree Image from public domain license