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Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.

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.

Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.

A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.

Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: three staff listen for a patient's heart beat and a doctor reads a man's pulse. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

A doctor (Joseph Chelius) takes the pulse of a young woman who warms to his presence. Coloured etching, ca. 1831.

A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.

A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.

Les pouls en médecine chinoise / [J Borsarello].

A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

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Pulse - Measurement

Images from the collections

Images about Pulse - Measurement

Works from the collections

Les pouls en médecine chinoise / [J Borsarello].

A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

Pulse - Measurement

Images from the collections

Images about Pulse - Measurement

Works from the collections

Les pouls en médecine chinoise / [J Borsarello].

A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

A German army doctor sits at a patient's bedside: a second soldier and a woman stand by. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870.

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

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