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Background imageInvalid Collection: Adjustable Invalid Bed

Adjustable Invalid Bed
A bed that can be adjusted to any angle for the benefit of invalids Date: 1930s

Background imageInvalid Collection: Advert for Maple & Co. reclining chairs 1882

Advert for Maple & Co. reclining chairs 1882
Upholstered wooden recliner easy chairs. 1882

Background imageInvalid Collection: Invalid Chair / 1810

Invalid Chair / 1810
Royal patent invalid chair, with adjustable back Date: 1810

Background imageInvalid Collection: Hopeful Sick Await Mass

Hopeful Sick Await Mass
Invalid pilgrims wait patiently in their wheelchairs for the afternoon Mass in front of the Rosary Date: 1986

Background imageInvalid Collection: Cookery for Invalids and Others, 1897

Cookery for Invalids and Others, 1897
The front cover of Cookery for Invalids and Others by Lizzie Heritage. Date: 1897

Background imageInvalid Collection: Cookery for Invalids and Others, inside pages, 1897

Cookery for Invalids and Others, inside pages, 1897
Chapter VI of Cookery for Invalids and Others by Lizzie Heritage, detailing recipes for Apple and Apple and Crumb Puddings. Date: 1897

Background imageInvalid Collection: Lady Muriel Paget

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Background imageInvalid Collection: Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard

Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard
Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier looking back on his past life and the activities he is unable to continue to pursue due to his lost sight - Fund-raising postcard for the Home Teaching Branch of

Background imageInvalid Collection: King George V in Bath Chair at Craigwel House, Bognor

King George V in Bath Chair at Craigwel House, Bognor
King George V (1865-1936) (with Queen Mary) in a Bath Chair at Craigweil House, Bognor, West Sussex. Date: 1929

Background imageInvalid Collection: View on the Thames Embankment, London

View on the Thames Embankment, London
View on the Thames Embankment, Central London Date: circa 1903

Background imageInvalid Collection: Invalid Carriages - Tringlets - Lourdes, France

Invalid Carriages - Tringlets - Lourdes, France - for the transportation of the very ill to the Grotto. Date: circa 1930

Background imageInvalid Collection: I is the Invalid

I is the Invalid
Advertising for Mars Night-lights. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Background imageInvalid Collection: Gilbey Port advertisement

Gilbey Port advertisement
Advertisement for Gilbeys Invalid Port, 1930 Date: 1930

Background imageInvalid Collection: Invalid Chairs

Invalid Chairs
Two self-propelling Invalid Chairs : the lower one is the Windsor Pattern. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Background imageInvalid Collection: Walking Machne

Walking Machne
Walking Machine, with canvas seat for when the invalid needs a rest. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Background imageInvalid Collection: Street music: The organ grinding nuisance, 1864

Street music: The organ grinding nuisance, 1864
A difference of opinion: an old lady and a child encourage an organ grinder to play in the street, despite the pleas of a maid on behalf of a suffering invalid. Date: 1864

Background imageInvalid Collection: The Warriors Return, satirical postcard

The Warriors Return, satirical postcard
A wounded soldier, drawn as a wooden puppet and carrying his own broken-off leg, looks at a WD (War Department) signpost pointing to the workhouse

Background imageInvalid Collection: Brands Invalid Preparations advertisement

Brands Invalid Preparations advertisement
Advertisement for Brands invalid preparations which comprise of its calfs foot jelly, essence of beef and essence of chicken and, apparently, not containing any preservatives

Background imageInvalid Collection: Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient

Background imageInvalid Collection: Sledge party leaving an invalid in an ice cave, British Arct

Sledge party leaving an invalid in an ice cave, British Arct
Engraving showing a sledging party leaving an invalid, and a carer, in an ice cave; then heading back to base to fetch help, British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876

Background imageInvalid Collection: Convalescence

Convalescence
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a small monkey chewing an apple while looking after a convalescing Granpop the orang-utan

Background imageInvalid Collection: Equipoise bed for invalids, convalescents, etc

Equipoise bed for invalids, convalescents, etc
The Equipoise Bed, invaluable for invalids, convalescents and the general public -- adjustable, with seven different positions, price from 5 15s 6d

Background imageInvalid Collection: Breakfast Tray Pattern

Breakfast Tray Pattern
A design for the little mat which you will want to put on a breakfast tray when serving breakfast in bed to an invalid relative. After all, one must have things nice !

Background imageInvalid Collection: BATHS

BATHS
A selection of baths, including a hip bath (fig 188) a shower bath (fig 189) and an invalid tap (fig 190)

Background imageInvalid Collection: Moliere / Malade

Moliere / Malade
LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE Argan meditates on his poor state of health

Background imageInvalid Collection: Invalid on Stretcher

Invalid on Stretcher
A sick pilgrim on a wheeled stretcher, with family, priest and nurses

Background imageInvalid Collection: Invalid Pilgrims

Invalid Pilgrims
Sick or disabled pilgrims are wheeled to the Grotto in invalid chairs - hopefully they won t need them on the way back !



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