An inexperienced student doctor taking the pulse of a patient in his bed. Coloured etching by A.M. Mills, 1806.
- Mills, Alfred, 1776-1833.
- Date:
- 3 February 1806
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- 11180i
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London (69 St. Paul's Church Yard) : Bowles & Carver, 3 February 1806.
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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 17.5 x 24.6 cm
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Physician and pupil. ...
Lettering continues, telling the story of a medical student's horror at seeing a bridle and saddle under his patient's bed. Following the example of his teacher's deduction upon spying oyster shells, he concludes that the patient must have eaten a horse
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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VIII, London 1947, no. 10661
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Wellcome Collection 11180i
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