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A hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.
Beauchamp, active 1927.Date: 1932Reference: 15508i
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A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.Date: 1844Reference: 30634i
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Two physicians outside the bedroom of a desperately sick man: each physician invites the other to enter first. Coloured lithograph by J.B., 18--.
Date: [approximately 1824?]Reference: 659145i
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An ignorant young doctor telling poverty-stricken people to feed and look after their children properly. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Reference: 15684i
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A sequence of eight images showing men shaving. Coloured etching, 1796, by G.M. Woodward after himself.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 16 April 1796Reference: 30918i