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The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, lies in bed as a physician takes his pulse to determine whether he is seriously ill. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled to Bournemouth to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, simulates illness to avoid extradition to France. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

An American soldier or airman waiting to see a doctor; warning American servicemen against sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 194-.

The Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz escapes extradition on the ground that he has a terminal illness, and lives happily in Bournemouth for fifteen years. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Workmen's sickness and accident insurance--second series

Psychiatry : the science of lies / Thomas Szasz.

Hints to young medical officers of the army on the examination of recruits, and respecting the feigned disabilities of soldiers : with official documents, and the regulations for the inspection of conscripts for the French and Prussian Armies / by Henry Marshall.

On the feigned and factitious diseases of soldiers and seamen, on the means used to simulate or produce them, and on the best modes of discovering impostors : being a short abstract of the prize essay delivered during the session 1835-6, to the Professor of military surgery in the University of Edinburgh / by Hector Gavin.

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Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Workmen's sickness and accident insurance--second series

Psychiatry : the science of lies / Thomas Szasz.

Hints to young medical officers of the army on the examination of recruits, and respecting the feigned disabilities of soldiers : with official documents, and the regulations for the inspection of conscripts for the French and Prussian Armies / by Henry Marshall.