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  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Crimean War: ambulance men collecting the wounded after the Battle of Inkermann. Wood engraving.
  • Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.
  • Franco-Prussian War: wounded German soldiers on their way home from France. Wood engraving.
  • The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.
  • Crimean War: removal of wounded soldiers with two small illustrations in the border. Line engraving by G. Greatbach after R. Hind.
  • The good Samaritan helping a stranger who has been ignored by a priest and Levite. Line engraving by S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.
  • A physician diagnoses war veterans. Wood engraving, c. 1870.
  • Sudan: fighting, medical and social activity. Wood engraving and process print by J.F.W. after M. Prior and W.S. Perry.
  • Surgical instruments used, and operations successfully carried out, by an English travelling operator claiming royal patronage. Line engraving, 16--.
  • A patient complains to a visitor that he does not discuss with his doctor how he feels for fear of discouraging him. Wood engraving by F.H. Townsend, 1915.
  • Franco-Prussian War: Civil unrest in Paris. Wood engraving.
  • Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.
  • Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.
  • A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
  • Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by W. Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.
  • Florence Nightingale receiving wounded soldiers at Scutari Hospital. Colour lithograph after J. Barrett.
  • An innkeeper's wife and daughter taking care of Don Quixote's wounds and injuries after being beaten. Engraving after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
  • Franco-Prussian War: the wounded being taken to Strasbourg Cathedral. Wood engraving.
  • American Civil War: officers saluting the wounded being brought in after the battle of Lewinsville, Virginia, 1861. Wood engraving by F. Skill.
  • Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.
  • Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity nursing wounded soldiers from the Battle of Inkerman. Coloured lithograph by Le Par (?), 1855.
  • Franco-Prussian War: wounded being treated at Rezonville. Coloured wood engraving by Xylographisches Institut von A. Closs.