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  • De affectionibus cordis libri tres / Hannibalis Albertinii.
  • Handbook of the sphygmograph : being a guide to its use in clinical research : to which is appended a lecture delivered at the Royal College of Physicians on the 29th of March 1867 on the mode and duration of the contraction of the heart in health and disease / By J. Burdon Sanderson.
  • The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice / R.E. Dudgeon.
  • A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: three staff listen for a patient's heart beat and a doctor reads a man's pulse. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after B. West.
  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • Antiochus is reclining on a bed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse; King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are seated at his bedside. Engraving by L. de Visscher after P. Berrettini da Cortona, ca. 1680.
  • A Japanese doctor taking the pulse of a patient. Halftone after a photograph by Messrs. Kajima & Suwo.
  • A puzzled physician taking the pulse of a young female patient, a boy in the backgroung is pointing to arrows, suggesting that the malady is lovesickness. Engraving by S. Freeman after J. Opie.
  • Comédie-Française, Paris: a corridor used as a hospital in the Franco-Prussian War showing nurses treating patients. Photograph by Fiorillo after A. Brouillet, 1870.
  • A man sitting in a chair while a woman takes his pulse with a group of concerned courtiers gathering around. Line engraving.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.
  • Paris: a medical professor taking the pulse of a sick man in a hospital bed while medical students watch and take notes. Drawing by J.H. Marlet, ca. 1810.
  • The pulse / by W.H. Broadbent.
  • The study of the pulse : arterial, venous and hepatic and of the movements of the heart / by James MacKenzie.
  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid is grinning and pointing to one of his arrows. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after J. Opie.
  • The study of the pulse : arterial, venous and hepatic and of the movements of the heart / by James MacKenzie.
  • An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.
  • The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice / R.E. Dudgeon.
  • The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice / R.E. Dudgeon.
  • A physician taking the pulse of and examining the urine of a sick old man, he is surrounded by his concerned family. Line engraving by O. van Veen.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman who shows him her tongue. Drawing by M. von Luttich.
  • Sassoon General Hospital, Poona, India: a queue of patients awaiting treatment. Wood engraving by C. Roberts after W. Simpson.
  • A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.
  • A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
  • Handbook of the sphygmograph : being a guide to its use in clinical research : to which is appended a lecture delivered at the Royal College of Physicians on the 29th of March 1867 on the mode and duration of the contraction of the heart in health and disease / By J. Burdon Sanderson.
  • De affectionibus cordis libri tres / Hannibalis Albertinii.