A doctor discussing a patient, he boasts to the other doctor that he has prescribed the wrong treatment simply to enhance his own reputation. Wood engraving by J.B.P., 1896.

  • P., J. B., active 1896.
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[1896]
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15659i
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A doctor discussing a patient, he boasts to the other doctor that he has prescribed the wrong treatment simply to enhance his own reputation. Wood engraving by J.B.P., 1896. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dialogue includes: First doctor. "I ordered him an ice-cold bath every morning." Second doctor. "What, when he had influenza!" First doctor. "Yes, it will give him pneumonia, and I made my whole reputation curing that!"

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[London], [1896]

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1 print : wood engraving

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'On safer ground.' J.B.P. fec.

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Wellcome Collection 15659i

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