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  • The diagnosis: a skeletal doctor measures a patient's pulse. Lithograph by L. Crusius, 1897.
  • Tracings of Vierordt's sphygmograph
  • Tracings of pulse in disease.
  • Marey's sphygmomanometer
  • Tracing of the pulse of a dog.
  • Marey's original's sphygmograph
  • Sir J. Mackenzie's ink polygraph (c.1910) recording radial pulse and carotid venous pulse
  • An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.
  • A man taking the pulse of another man. Albumen print.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • A Saracen physician taking the pulse of a Christian patient who is surrounded by fellow crusaders. Aquatint by S. Marceau, 1826.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.
  • A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician checks the pulse of a patient in a hospital. Pen drawing.
  • A doctor takes the pulse of a patient. Etching by M. Österreich, 1750, after P.L. Ghezzi.
  • A sick man projects his tongue while a doctor takes his pulse. Coloured lithograph.
  • A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.
  • Indian doctor taking the pulse of a patient. Gouache drawing.
  • Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician feeling the pulse of a seated woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.