A doctor is taking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair. Coloured etching (?), ca. 1840.

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1800-1899
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572294i
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A doctor is taking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair. Coloured etching (?), ca. 1840. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1800-1899

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1 print : etching (?), with watercolour ; image 11.2 x 7.6 cm

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Yes doctor feel your rich patients pulse, / Tell Mr Latho he's an over feeder / He'll make you rich by swallowing drugs, / But he'll find out that you're a bleeder.

References note

W.H. Helfand, 'Pharmaceutical and medical "Valentines"', Pharmacy in history, 1978 (to be confirmed)

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Wellcome Collection 572294i

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