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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.

A doctor goes off gallivanting with two young dancers. Colour process print after by J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

A gentleman compares the size of his syringe with a physician's clyster; he says that his is for the other side of the body. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An elderly couple are advised to try artificial insemination. Process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

A doctor and his patient laugh during a consultation; behind, a nun stands by the door. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An embarrassed female patient is caught undressed by a leering medical assistant. Colourprocess print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A maid playing with a baby on her knee points out its curly hair to the visiting doctor; he replies that the mother was in curling tongs when she gave birth. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.

A railway employee (?) wheels away the dismembered body of a man killed in a railway accident; he converses with a physician. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A forensic surgeon wonders where to begin with a headless corpse. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A man has a joke with his optician. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

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Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945

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A forensic surgeon wonders where to begin with a headless corpse. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A patient exposes her breasts to a physician and asks if a physician is not a little like a confessor: the doctor exclaims that he hopes she does not show herself like that to her confessor. Process print afterJ-A. Faivre, 1902.

A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A man has a joke with his optician. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.