The Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations is a collection of illustrations depicting medical conditions treated at the Richmond Hospital, Dublin. The illustrations mainly date from the 19th century, with a small number from the early 20th century, and many depict diseases that are now not commonly seen. The illustrations are accompanied by two catalogues listing the drawings. The artist is not identified for many of the illustrations but known artists include J. Connolly, J.H. Burnside, Miss B. O'Farrell, and Sydney A. Sewell. The cases depicted include those treated by surgeons associated with Richmond Hospital such as Robert Adams, Edward Hutton, Christopher Fleming, John Hamilton, and Robert William Smith. This collection will be of interest to medical educators and practitioners, public health specialists, historians of medicine, social historians and humanities scholars more generally.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting stricture of the oesophagus. It has the alternative reference number 1627 and P3A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.b.20. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 13 reads 'Stricture of the oesophagus (malignant) Eliz.th Jackson aet 60. Dr Hutton'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Dr Hutton's Case. Cancer of oesophagus'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting an ulcer. It has the alternative reference number 1947, P9 and 56 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is D.c.10. The entry for this in P263/1 pg.32 reads 'Ulcer of the leg, with caries of the Tibia. Owen Ryan. Dr E. McDowell'. The handwritten notes on the back read 'Ae.6. Owen Ryan; a man of debilitated appearance & pale countenance was admitted into Hospital with a deep sloughing ulcer of the leg'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting gangrene. It has the alternative reference number 1188 and P7A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.a.14. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 11 reads 'Gangrene of leg from injury. Thomas Long aet 54'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t' and in the left corner 'Tho.s Long Aet 54'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Thomas Long atet 54. Admitted into the Richmond Hospital with injury of the leg on the 1st Nov.r 1852. He was sitting on a cart in a state of intoxication, his right leg slipped between the body of the cart and the wheel which kept rubbing it for a length of time until at last the limb became caught between the spokes. There was no fracture but considerable swelling of the foot with two spots of rusty red colour were observable on admission. Gangrene supervened and extended up the limb. He died on the 25th Nov.r 1852'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting disease of the eye in a man. It has the alternative reference number 1434 and P15B on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting a split palate. It has the alternative reference number 1238 and P11 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 Marg.t Kelly Aet 20'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Case of Tissue of the Palate extending through the whole extent of the soft palate and for ½ an inch thru the hard palate. The operation was performed for uniting the soft palate on Mr Ferguson's plan ie. By dividing the levator & circumplex palati from behind, detaching the mucous membrane from the hard palate on both sides paring the edges of the tissue and uniting by sutures. Union of the soft palate was effected to the extent of ¾ of an inch at its lower part'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting abscess. It has the alternative reference number 1449 and P15A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is D.a.26. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 16 reads 'Abscess in the Brain in case[?] caries of temporal bone '. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t' and in the left 'Case of Ellen Fitsimmons Aet 16'. The typescript note on the back reads 'Caries of the Temporal Bone; Abscess in the Brain – Dr Hutton said:- "The case I am about to lay before the Pathological Society is one of abscess in the brain, connected with disease of the temporal bone. The patient was a girl, aged 16. Always lively and intelligent until her present complaint commenced, with this exception, that she was subject to sick headaches, the pain in the head increasing till she vomited, and then subsiding. At first these attacks came on at distant intervals, but twelve months ago, being much exposed to cold, and frequently sleeping in damp places, they became much more violent, and recurred every fortnight, the pain occupying chiefly the right side of the head. Three months before her admission she began to grow slightly deaf, and sometimes would ask her mother if she heard a noise in her ears, and constantly said that there were figures moving before her eyes. About the same[]'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting purulent pericarditis. It has the alternative reference number 1073 and P1B on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is C.e.39. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 28 reads 'Acute Purulent Pericarditis. Peter McDermott 11. Dr Fleming'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t' and in the bottom left 'Case of Peter McDermott Aet 11'. The handwritten note under the illustration reads 'Acute Purulent Pericarditis'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting a cleft lip in a child. It has the alternative reference number 1841 and P11 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. M. Willey Del.t' and in the bottom left 'R. Adams. Case of Mary Jordan Aet 4 year'. Includes stamp of Bristol Boards papermakers in the bottom right corner. his illustration relates to P263/572 and P263/573, portfolio 10.1.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting benign osteosarcoma. It has the alternative reference number 1130, 6.b and P10 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is C.a.17. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 19 reads 'Benign osteosarcoma of the radius, ulna & phalanges. P.t McArdle aet 15. Dr Hutton'. In the right bottom corner 'Patrick McArdle aet. 15'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Benign osteosarcoma of the fingers, radius & ulna. V.6.c'. This illustration relates to P263/476, portfolio 8.1.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting disease of eye in a man. It has the alternative reference number 1314 and P15B on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is D.b.5. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 29 reads 'Abscess in the orbit. W.m Shields aet 28'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t' and in the bottom left 'W.m Shields Aet 28'. Includes stamp of Bristol Boards papermakers in top right corner. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Inflammation[?] in the cellular tissue of the orbit'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting ectropion of the lower eyelid in a woman. It has the alternative reference number 1531, 427 and P9 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t' and 'Case of Mary Wright aet 50' in the bottom left corner. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Ad.2 Enlargement of the cavity of the antrum, consequent on the growth of a malignant tumour, ectropion of the lower lid. The patient remained but a very short time in the hospital. [?] tumour'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting cancer of the lower lip in a man. It has the alternative reference number 1116, 390 and P3A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.b.2. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 13 reads 'Cancer of the lower lip. Mr Adams'. An illustration of a clay pipe is included. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Cancer of the lip, caused by the constant use of a short pipe in smoking. Mr Adams'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting necrosis of frontal bone. It has the alternative reference number 1389, 24a and P18 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is C.a.47 but there is no entry for this in P263/1 on pg. 20. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Delt.' and in the left corner 'David Knowles Aet 50'. The typescript note on the back begins 'Injury of the Head; Death of the Bone; Softening of left Hemisphere; two Abscesses in the Substance of the right'.

Two sets of four watercolour medical illustrations depicting test tubes of meningococci. It has no reference number and there is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'B. O'Farrell' and it is dated 'March 1907'. Both sets of test tubes are labelled G, L, M and S. The handwritten note above the top set reads 'Meningo-cocci in serum-sugar-broth. Temple St. above' and below the bottom set reads 'Holles St. (genuine) below'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting meningitis. It has the alternative reference number 1097, P15A and 24b on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is D.a.9. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 16 reads 'Lymph on the Dura Mater. David Knowles'. The typescript note under the illustration reads 'meningitis'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'David Knowles. Injury of head. See No. 24.a.b.c.', the name 'David Knowles' is written upside down below the above note.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting diseased tissue. It has the alternative reference number 2067, 42b and P9 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The handwritten note in the bottom left corner reads 'Pk. Daly aet 36'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Ad.14.p. Encephaloid tumour see No. 42a'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting the before and after of the removal of a large tumour from the right side of the neck of a man. It has the alternative reference number 1948 and P9 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The handwritten note in the bottom left corner reads 'Law.e Gerraghty Aet 29'.

Watercolour medical illustrations depicting pleuritis and pneumonia. It has the alternative reference number 1970, 192 and P2C on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The partial handwritten note in the bottom left corner reads 'Pneumonia. Case of diffuse inflammation after venous []sution. Death upon the 20 day after V.S. [] case book page 57'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Bb.4. Andrew turner. Diffuse Inflam.t See case book p. 57. Pleuritis & pneumonia. Andrew Turner aet 23 of intemperate habits, was [?] on the 6th May/36 for difficulty breathing, consequent on a severe beating he had received on the previous day. He was admitted into the hospital on the 12th, suffering from headache, debility, cough and hurried respirations, the arm in which he had been bled was covered with an erysipelatous blush, the accompanying [?] was of a typhoid character. He became worse daily, the erysipelas appeared in patches on different parts of the body, the knee joints became distended with fluid, he [?] at night. Pleuritis and pneumonia set in, his breathing became diaphragmatic, the pulse rose to 140, abdomen tympanitic, countenance haggard, twitching of the muscles when he slumbered. He died on the 26th'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting a view from under a microscope. It has no reference number and there is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name and address are in the bottom right corner 'S.A. Sewell, 68 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C.' The artist's name is also written to the right under the illustration.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting disease of the liver. It has no reference number and there is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'B. O'Farrell December 6th 1911'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Case of Bernard Lynch aet 50 showing conversion of left lobe of liver into an enormous cavernous angioma with extension of process into Rt. Lobe. M.M.H. Nov. 1911 (Dr M. Dempsey) Sketched for E.J. McWeeney by Miss B. O'Farrell'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting the stomach in a case of purpua. It has the alternative reference number 1642, 241 and P3A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.b.33. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 13 reads 'Appearance of the stomach in a case of purpura. J. Harris aet 25. Mr Adams'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t' and the note under the illustration reads 'Mucous membrane of the stomach spotted with petechia in purpura hemorrhagica'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Bd.22'. The back of the illustration is canvas lined.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting stricture of the rectum. It has the alternative reference number 1381 and P4A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.c.93. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 15 reads 'Stricture of the rectum. Philip Campbell 27. Dr Fleming'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly fec.t'. The handwritten note on the back reads S.n Fleming's Case. Decembr[sic] 7 1855. Stricture of rectum'.

Watercolour medical illustration depicting extreme burns in a child. It has the alternative reference number 1501, 270 and P7A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.a.6. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 11 reads 'Burn of body & extremities'. The handwritten note on the back reads '278. Superficial but extensive burn in a child, death in a few hours'.