Watercolour medical illustration depicting hydrocele of left side in a man. It has the alternative reference numbers 1147, 291 and P5 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is A.a.46. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 5 reads 'Hydrocele of left side, right testes[?]. John White. Dr McDonnell'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Dr McDonnell. John White aet 30. Case book.p.155. at 37. Admitted for fracture of both bones in leg. Hydrocele of L tunica vaginalis. R testicle was forced into R intra. Inguinal canal where it was thrown out in relief caused by encroachment of tumour on opposite side of scrotum. When Pt. stood erect the testicle descended but not to normal extent. Hydrocele tapped May 6. Testicle gently pushed down & remained in situ'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting melanosis of the liver. It has the alternative reference number 2035, 322 and P4B on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.d.2. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 8 reads 'Melanosis of the liver. John Brennan aet 42'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'John Brennan aet 42. Section of the liver showing melanotic deposits, one white scirrhous tubercle is seen. Brennan 42'.

Watercolour medical illustrations depicting malignant tumour of the pharynx. It has the alternative reference number 1335, 59 and P2A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.b.17. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 13 reads 'Malignant tumour of the pharynx. James White aet 27. Dr McDonnell'. Below the illustration on the left is written 'Malignant tumour of the pharanyx'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t' and in the left corner 'case of J.s White Aet 27'.The handwritten note on the back reads 'Cribriform tumour in the upper part of the pharynx, it was ad[?] to the base of the skull. Two years before his death, the patient began to suffer from pains in the right eye and purulent discharge from the right ear, followed by impairment of vision & hearing. About six months previous to his disease, he first became conscious of the presence of the pharyngeal tumour & dy[?] & respiration became difficult. He died two days after admission into Hosp. Dr MacDonnell'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting injury of the eye in a man. It has the alternative reference number 1415 and P15B on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t' and in the bottom left 'Case of Geo.e Jones Aet 35'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'The injury reflected in this case was the white heat of a rod of iron. It happened about two months previous to the date of the drawing. The result is the [?] operation [??] & was to have been successful but for the sudden rupture of the [?] at the [??] of the wound, when cicatrization had been but all completed [?] removing [?]'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting cystic tumour of the breast. It has the alternative reference number 1465, 25b and P14 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is A.c.9. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 9 reads 'Cystic tumour of the breast (2 drawings) Susannah Johnston'. The handwritten note on the back reads '2nd drawing. Susannah Johnson atet 30. Hydatid disease of the breast. A [?] breast removed by Mr White. It was of slow growth free from pain & removed on account of its size, about size of a melon. Removable under the right [?], no ulceration & no infection of the lymph glands nor any constitutional [?] After the lapse of 3 years a small [cut off] appeared in the cicatrix presenting the same [cut off] as the original. It was removed, the size of [cut off] after which there was no return of the [cut off]'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting disease in the knee joint. It has the alternative reference number 1740, P19A and 160 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The typescript note under the illustration reads 'Acute Inflammation of the Knee Joint'. Michael Smyth aet 58, while labouring under erysipelas of the head, was attacked with acute inflammation of the knee joint, which rapidly became filled with fluid. On the 8th day after this attack he died of the erysipelas of the head. The synovial membrane was found extremely vascular & the cartilages had lost their normal whiteness & brilliancy. They were also softened & a blunt probe easily penetrated that covering the patella. See Todd's Cyclopaedia Art.e "Knee joint"'. The feint note in the bottom left corner is cut off but what remains reads '[]thirties [?] Cyclopaedia Art.e Mr Adams'.

Watercolour medical illustrations depicting diphtheria. It has the alternative reference number 1988, 123 and P2B on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.e.9. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 17 reads 'Diphtheria. Mr Adams'. Below the left illustration is written 'Diptheria'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'See their report. See Transactions Pathological Society Vol.1.67' and the typescript note on the back reads 'The history of the child Lawler was, that for about a week before, its tongue had been very foul, and its appearance sickly. The night before admission, it was seized with symptoms of dyspnoea, which went on increasing until death, which took place about twenty-four hours after if came to Hospital. Another child, who came from the same place, presented the whole of the fauces and uvula covered with false membrane. Mr Adams observed, that the false membrane was still visible on the posterior surface of the soft palate, and that the fauces presented the appearance of being in a state of slough. One of the most striking circumstances connected with the case was, that where the false membrane had been rubbed off, the surface of the mucous membrane was of a bright red; where the diphtheritic effusion remained, it was of the usual dirty white colour, with a tinge of green'.