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A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

A girl making her confession to a monk from her sick bed. Lithograph by J. Woelfjle, after C. van Beveran.

A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.

The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying and confessing by the roadside. Wood engraving.

A woman confessing to a priest. Engraving by H. Austen after J. Herbert.

The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.

The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; confession (penance). Etching after B. Picart.

Confide in me : P.O. Box 162 Nottingham HO9 1HP : got a secret? you can tell me, and I won't tell anyone (confessions can be made anonymously).

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A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.

Confide in me : P.O. Box 162 Nottingham HO9 1HP : got a secret? you can tell me, and I won't tell anyone (confessions can be made anonymously).

The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; confession (penance). Etching after B. Picart.