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Medical consultation

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  • Poor Henry consults a doctor in Salerno about his leprosy: they sit opposite each other in the doctor's study while the doctor explains his remedy. Aquatint by F. Hegi, 1810.
  • A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
  • Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.
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    Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

    Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. | Date: [1823] | Reference: 16314i
    Part of: Grimaces
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    A physician and his female patient talking at cross purposes. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

    Keene, Charles, 1823-1891. | Date: 1880 | Reference: 13824i
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    A physician talking to a patient who is in bed. Etching by D. Berger, 1775, after D. Chodowiecki.

    Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801. | Date: 1775 | Reference: 22119i
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    A doctor examining a nervous patient's eye for foreign bodies. Reproduction of a drawing after F. Reynolds, 1937.

    Reynolds, Frank, 1876-1953. | Date: 1937 | Reference: 15532i
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    An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 21786i
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