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  • 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.
  • An embarrassed female patient is caught undressed by a leering medical assistant. Colourprocess print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • An old gallant is hosed down by two interfering young men; thus preventing any over-heating of the old lecher's heart. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Bach.
  • A physician administering a clyster to an embarrassed woman who hides her self and presents her behind through a window, female friends observe the scene. Photograph after a stone bas-relief in Bruges archaeological museum.
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Catalogue

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    Genetic secrets : protecting privacy and confidentiality in the genetic era / edited by Mark A. Rothstein.

    | Date: [1997], ©1997
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    Culture and environment / Irwin Altman, Martin Chemers.

    Altman, Irwin. | Date: [1980], ©1980
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    A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to restrict employers in obtaining, disclosing, and using of genetic information.

    United States. Congress 1997-1998). House. | Date: [1997]
  • view 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.
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    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.

    Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945. | Date: 22 March 1902 | Reference: 17149i
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    In pursuit of privacy : law, ethics, and the rise of technology / Judith Wagner DeCew.

    DeCew, Judith Wagner. | Date: 1997
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