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
Reference:
11180i
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London (69 St. Paul's Church Yard) : Bowles & Carver, 3 February 1806.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 17.5 x 24.6 cm

Lettering

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

References note

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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