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Concept

Tongue manifestations of general diseases

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  • A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.
  • A sick man projects his tongue while a doctor takes his pulse. Coloured lithograph.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • A group of physicians trying to diagnose a young woman's illness in a scene from Molière's L'amour médecin. Etching attributed to G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
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    Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 13 avril 1840, / par Augustin-René Bellanger, de Melleray (Sarthe). I. De la ligature des artères suivant la méthode ancienne. ... [etc].

    Bellanger, Augustin-René. | Date: 1840
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    A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

    Cynicus, 1854-1932. | Reference: 21924i
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    L'état de la langue est-il l'indice fidèle de celui de l'estomac ou de l'intestin? : Thèse présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 21 décembre 1824 ... / par Godefroi Reignere, de Gentilly.

    Reignère, Godefroi. | Date: 1824
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    An eminent physician looks at the tongue of an elderly hypochondriac. Colour etching after J.F. Dunant, 1823.

    Dunant, Jean François, approximately 1780-1858. | Date: [1823] | Reference: 15980i
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    Dissertation sur les signes tirés de l'inspection de la langue dans les maladies en général : présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 20 août 1813, / par Jean-Daniel Dupuy, de Dieu-le-Fit.

    Dupuy, Jean-Daniel. | Date: 1813
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