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Physician and patient

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  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • Above, the emperor Aurangzeb consults a physician; below, one of the emperor's sons is attended by physicians. Gouache painting, 17--.
  • A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
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    A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

    | Date: 1830-1839 | Reference: 21531i
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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: 1932 | Reference: 15508i
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    A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

    | Reference: 16630i
    Part of: L'oméopatie
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    Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 20 May 1804 | Reference: 12194i
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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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