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Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's kitchen camp. Wood engraving, 1855.

The German Hospital, Dalston: the main kitchen. Photograph.

A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.

Bovril : "Wherever did I put that Bovril!" : beef tea isn't Bovril / Bovril Limited.

Nursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: L-S, ijk-yz. Coloured line engraving.

Claybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: a kitchen. Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893?].

A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother, two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Line engraving after D. Wilkie.

Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.

Scutari Barracks, Turkey: Soyer's hospital kitchen. Wood engraving.

A domestic remedy: a woman applies a hot iron to her husband's back while their two children look on. Coloured lithograph.

An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.

A boy with a cut finger is treated by his mother, while two other siblings hold him as he resists. Line engraving by F.S. Goulu after D. Wilkie.

Crimean War: Barrack Hospital kitchen, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Dalziel Bros after H.G. Hine.

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Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.

The German Hospital, Dalston: the main kitchen. Photograph.

An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.

A boy with a cut finger is treated by his mother, while two other siblings hold him as he resists. Line engraving by F.S. Goulu after D. Wilkie.

Crimean War: Barrack Hospital kitchen, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Dalziel Bros after H.G. Hine.