A man foolishly trying to treat his own illnesses by imitating a physician. Colour lithograph by C. E.(?), 1931.
- E. C.
- Date:
- 1931
- Reference:
- 537097i
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A man takes his own pulse at the wrist and has a thermometer in his mouth. On the table before him are an open medical book, a fobwatch for taking the pulse, a pillbox and some medicine bottles. On the wall behind him is projected the shadow of a fool (wearing a dunce's cap) sitting on a stool
Publication/Creation
NYC [New York City] : National Tuberculosis Association, 1931 (Phila[delphia], Pa. : McCandlish Litho Corporation)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 56 x 38 cm
Contributors
Lettering
He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor
Creator/production credits
Bears monogram, possibly "CE" with C reversed, assumed to be initials of artist; could possibly be EC, MU or UM
Reference
Wellcome Collection 537097i
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Location Status Access Closed stores