A lady buys some black garters to cheer up her sick husband. Wood engraving, c. 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973319/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985205/woman-holding-mans-head-while-sick-into-bowl-coloured-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseAustro-Prussian War: the Prussian King William I visiting wounded soldiers lying in a barn. Lithograph after H. Jenny, ca.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974331/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13975689/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseChrist healing the lame at the pool of Bethesda. Etching after P. Caliari, il Veronese. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13983937/image-cartoon-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseA procession of blind and physically disabled people; allegory about sticks: how children are afraid of the rod but… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974560/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseFrançois Oudot, Viscount of Auxonne, healing and exorcising people in a village square. Etching, 1760, after F. Devosge. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13978029/image-dog-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseDr. Monro (physician to Bedlam) examining the straight jacketed and dishevelled Charles James Fox; representing the fall of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984838/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseTwo physicians discussing a patient: one boasts to the other that he has prescribed a remedy which will aggravate the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014553/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA military doctor prescribing whiskey lotion for a soldier's sprained foot - his patient requesting Irish. Wood engraving by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973572/image-paper-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseStatues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014146/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA surgeon at Whitworth in County Durham letting blood from Thomas Thurlow, Bishop of Durham, but leaving his patient in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980601/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseOne of the seven Acts of Mercy: Heal the sick. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014635/image-angels-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020851/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13978997/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA decrepit old man is told by his friend that he is ripe for a position in the government. Lithograph by Draner (Jules… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992458/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseAn insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988770/image-dogs-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade . https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14003270/image-cats-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA man on his deathbed surrounded by several members of the clergy, a physician is in the background examining a urine flask.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992336/image-background-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA surgeon about to bleed a man's tongue, he is aided by two assistants. Engraving, 1586. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13996690/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979386/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseMentally ill people in the garden of an asylum, a warden lurks in the background. Engraving by K.H. Merz under the direction… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974133/image-background-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA woman representing knowledge examining a sick child. Lithograph by G. Tyr after A.J.V. Orsel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992883/image-cartoon-face-plantFree Image from public domain licenseHer Majesty Queen Victoria and entourage visiting soldiers wounded during the Boer War, in a ward at Netley Hospital. Pen… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14002685/image-cartoon-flowers-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseSoldiers being offered medical help behind the battlefield. Lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14011780/soldiers-being-offered-medical-help-behind-the-battlefield-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseAn ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13983154/ill-man-seated-fireplace-vomiting-into-bowl-pencil-drawingFree Image from public domain licenseA man sitting in a chair while a woman takes his pulse with a group of concerned courtiers gathering around. Line engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979861/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseVrouw met omslagdoek en paraplu bij grieperige man (1828) by Edme Jean Pigal, Pierre Langlumé, Gihaut frères and Martinet https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13763645/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree 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/13975396/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984025/image-cartoon-face-flowersFree Image from public domain licenseAn old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991915/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn older surgeon instructing a younger surgeon on how to bleed a male patient's arm. Engraving, 1586. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999776/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA country doctor writing out a prescription for a sick patient, his wife and a monk are in the background. Engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14001478/image-background-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseTwo maids confer on whether to 'refresh' a sick man even further by putting cold water into his enema. Lithograph by Cham… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993563/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseMentally ill people in the garden of an asylum, a warden lurks in the background. Engraving by K.H. Merz under the direction… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13981615/image-background-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988145/image-cartoon-face-handFree Image from public domain licenseThe sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13994451/image-cartoon-face-flowersFree Image from public domain licenseMothers and nurses play with sick children on New Years Day. Wood engraving by H. Harral after M.E. Edwards. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993397/image-cartoon-christmas-personFree Image from public domain licenseDr Sangrado taking the pulse of a sick clergyman. Engraving by Thurston, 1802, after C. Warren after A. Le Sage. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14019823/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020613/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseAmnon, son of David, simulates illness in order to attract his half sister Tamar, who is preparing a meal; in the corner a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020953/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseAlexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979474/image-cartoon-person-medicinesFree Image from public domain licenseA fashionable young woman fainting into the arms of a young man at the bedside of an invalid. Engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13996854/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher, two men try to restrain him. Ink drawing attributed to J.B.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992393/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016534/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseMonkeys dressed as apothecaries caring for sick animals in a surgery. Engraving by C. Boel after D. Teniers. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985062/image-dog-cat-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseDiverse doctor isolated image on white https://www.rawpixel.com/image/10188847/diverse-doctor-isolated-image-whiteView licenseAn itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13978485/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn old man in a wheelchair is fed by three boys; around him a family goes about its business. Etching by F. Vasconi after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14017145/image-dogs-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseAn eminent physician looks at the tongue of an elderly hypochondriac. Colour etching after J.F. Dunant, 1823. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993845/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseJohn Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985667/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA sick man in bed, attended by a physician, and surrounded by members of his family weeping and praying. Mezzotint by J.J.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020365/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA sick man lamenting the uselessness of his physicians. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985579/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseNapoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Wood engraving by J. Quartley after A.J. Gros, 1804. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14012222/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA contagiously ill man asks for the bed-pan; the nurse tells him that it will cost ten sous for the risk. Colour… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991973/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseRusso-Japanese War: a man being treated on a table in an open-air Japanese field hospital, others watch. Halftone after M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14013727/photo-image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseFranco-Prussian War: Society for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded, London office Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991921/image-cartoon-person-artFree 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/14000284/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake for payment from a poor family. Colour stipple engraving… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000165/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA hypochondriac imagining himself being prepared for burial. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1833. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13995448/image-dog-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseThe medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14010559/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991736/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA neighbour checking on an old sick man and enquiring about what the doctor has said, the old man retorts that he has… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13981446/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14004322/image-cartoon-person-booksFree Image from public domain licenseA man dressed in absurd protective clothing against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000130/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA skirmish on the railway line in Manchuria : a Russian hospital train collecting the wounded (from a sketch by a Russian… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13997774/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA sick lady addressing her husband, and being nursed by three women. Mezzotint by V. Green after E. Penny, 1774. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020087/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese physician giving a sick patient a large bowl containing medicine . Wood engraving by G.M. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13998417/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA barber-surgeon's house, where monkeys shave cats and let blood. Line engraving, c. 1660, after D. Teniers II. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988971/image-cats-cartoon-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: wounded soldiers in a ward at the German hospital at Jacobsdal, South Africa. Process print after R. Thiele, 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14002129/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA surgeon bleeding the arm of a young woman: she is being comforted by another woman. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984754/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseSaint John of God: he intercedes with the Virgin and Christ Child on behalf of a sick man. Etching by A. Napert. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14003957/image-cartoon-face-jesus-christFree Image from public domain licenseChampagne verdrijft de pijn (1825 - 1826) by Theodore Lane, Theodore Lane, George Hunt and George Hunt https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13770581/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: Red Cross ambulance cars at Pretoria station for the wounded Boers. Reproduction after a sketch by G. Soper after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974899/image-horse-cartoon-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseA young woman tends to a man who is looking ill, as people from the house climb into the carriage. Wood engraving by Gray… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14007341/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA veiled woman, kneeling, begs a young man for alms; her three sick children at her feet. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14006317/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn ill man being bled by a surgeon. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13994852/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseChristus geneest de zieke van Betzata (Bethesda) (1643 - 1692) by Jan de Visscher and Matthias Scheits https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13785032/image-dog-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseWilliam Gladstone as a physician taking the pulse of a man ill with influenza (flu), and giving his diagnosis to the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14007676/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseSix scenes narrating the fuss caused by a man's progression from minor cold to supposed major illness and then sudden… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979268/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979558/image-cartoon-face-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/14007161/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984284/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen: he passes a water-flask to a fellow soldier. Mezzotint by J. Jones… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14002761/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseWorld War I: two men carrying a stretcher among the trenches in France. Wash drawing by D. Lindsay, ca. 191-. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13981215/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14013071/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseSoldaten ontfermen zich over een gewonde vrouw (1830 - 1885) by Johan Bernhard Wittkamp https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13783690/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999151/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA physician talking to a patient about his illness, the patient is holding a basket containing a urine flask. Engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021456/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseWilliam of Orange on his sickbed in Rotterdam in August 1574. Line engraving by T. Koning, 1782, after J. Buys. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13982845/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA couple come to visit the sick people in a hospice, the man attempts to feed one with some nourishment. Etching. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021830/image-cartoon-tiger-personFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor diagnosing an ill young man as suffering from lovesickness. Wood engraving by A. Hopkins, 1898. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13986711/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseNapoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Engraving by F. Pigeot after A.J. Gros, 1804. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14006607/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971591/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license