A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.

  • King, Gunning.
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1911
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15380i
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A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dialogue includes: Doctor. "Well! And did you take his temperature?" Wife. "Oh! Yes, sir. I puts the baromiter on 'is chess an' it goes up to very dry, so I fetches 'im a quart o' beer, an' now e's gone to work!"

Publication/Creation

[London], 1911.

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; border 15 x 18 cm

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Gunning King

Reference

Wellcome Collection 15380i

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