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King, Gunning.

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Images by King, Gunning.

10 images from works
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • A neighbour checking on an old sick man and enquiring about what the doctor has said, the old man retorts that he has recommended exercise. Wood engraving by G. King, 1907.
  • A doctor taking the pulse of an old lady who informs him that there is a lot of insanity in her family. Wood engraving by G. King, 1913.
  • A nurse attempts to wake up one of her patients who has just died. Wood engraving by G. King, 1906.
  • A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.
  • A patient trying to convince his unsympathetic doctor that a sprained neck is a worse condition than a broken one. Wood engraving by G. King, 1912.
  • An old lady being frank about her financial situation with an affluent doctor. Wood engraving by G. King, 1909.
  • A soldier complaining of pain in his abdomen to a corporal, the corporal retorts that he has a stomach - only officers have abdomens. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1912.
  • Two female doctors discussing a patient. Reproduction of a drawing after G. King, 1907.

Works from the collections

10 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

    | King, Gunning. | Date: 1906 | Reference: 15347i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A neighbour checking on an old sick man and enquiring about what the doctor has said, the old man retorts that he has recommended exercise. Wood engraving by G. King, 1907.

    | King, Gunning. | Date: 1907 | Reference: 15363i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An old lady being frank about her financial situation with an affluent doctor. Wood engraving by G. King, 1909.

    | King, Gunning. | Date: 1909 | Reference: 15376i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A soldier complaining of pain in his abdomen to a corporal, the corporal retorts that he has a stomach - only officers have abdomens. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1912.

    | King, Gunning. | Date: 1912 | Reference: 15386i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

    | King, Gunning. | Date: 1906 | Reference: 15345i
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Related topics

Physician and patient
History, 20th Century
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Diagnosis
Nurses

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