A dialogue between a bilious patient and a physician / [James Henry].

  • Henry, James, 1798-1876
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A dialogue between a bilious patient and a physician / [James Henry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BETWEEN A BILIOUS PATIENT AND A PHYSICIAN, PART FIRST. Patient. Good morning, Doctor, I have called upon you professionally, and if you are not otherwise en¬ gaged, would be glad to have a few minutes’ conver¬ sation with you on the subject of my health. Physician. I am quite at leisure. Be so good as to sit down, and tell me what is the matter. Patient. The bile and the nerves, Doctor. Physician. I think I understand you; but may I beg of you to be more explicit ? Patient. I am so bilious and nervous, that my life is a trouble to me; and yet I cannot say that I have any particular pain or ache, or that I am ever confined to bed, or to the house, unless when I happen to catch ' cold. Physician. Describe your symptoms as accurately as you can; by so doing, you will enable me to form a B