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A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.

A vicar asking a woman if she likes her new female doctor, the woman retorts that she prefers male doctors and finds them more genteel. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

A woman doctor bandaging a young woman's hand. Mezzotint, 1787.

New York Infirmary and Women's Medical College, New York City. Coloured wood engraving, 1868.

A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Coloured mezzotint by J. Walker, ca. 1783, after J. Northcote.

A woman doctor is taking the pulse of a male patient seated in an armchair. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1865.

An attractive female doctor being approached by three burly men enquiring about nursing work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1870.

A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Etching after J. Northcote.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.

Champion of choice : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik / Cathleen Miller.

M0009890: Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)

Women will be doctors / by Hannah Lees.

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A woman doctor bandaging a young woman's hand. Mezzotint, 1787.

New York Infirmary and Women's Medical College, New York City. Coloured wood engraving, 1868.

Champion of choice : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik / Cathleen Miller.

M0009890: Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)

Women will be doctors / by Hannah Lees.