A patient trying to convince his unsympathetic doctor that a sprained neck is a worse condition than a broken one. Wood engraving by G. King, 1912.

  • King, Gunning.
Date:
1912
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15393i
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A patient trying to convince his unsympathetic doctor that a sprained neck is a worse condition than a broken one. Wood engraving by G. King, 1912. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dialogue includes: Patient (who has strained his neck and thinks the doctor is taking too cheerful a view of the case). "And yet they do say as 'ow a strain can be worse than a break." Doctor. "Very rare, I should say, in the case of a neck."

Publication/Creation

[London], 1912.

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; border 15.9 x 12 cm

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Gunning King

Reference

Wellcome Collection 15393i

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