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Physicians - Great Britain

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  • Advertisement : Here is lately arrived a doctor of physick, who by his long study and experience, both at home and in foreign countries, has acquir'd as learned and safe a method in curing all diseases incident to humane bodies ... as the nature of the distemper will permit.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
  • Three interlinked scenes of a fisherman with his nets, Cupid pointing an arrow at a young couple who are contemplating marriage and a physician. Etching.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

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    The correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712) / edited and translated by Anna Marie Roos.

    | Date: [2015]-
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    Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Reference: 22091i
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    Flight risk : the highs and lows of life as a doctor at Heathrow airport / Stephanie Green.

    Green, Stephanie (Stephanie Janet) | Date: 2019
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    An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

    Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810. | Date: Published Novr. 30th 1769 | Reference: 22215i
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    Medical self-regulation : crisis and change / Mark Davies.

    Davies, Mark, 1964- | Date: [2007], ©2007
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