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A man diagnosed by one doctor as having cholera undergoes numerous treatments for cholera, then is diagnosed by another doctor as having only a mild bowel disorder instead. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1833.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: Oct.r 18th 1833Reference: 2491035iPart of: The nic nac- Books
On depression : drugs, diagnosis, and despair in the modern world / Nassir Ghaemi.
Ghaemi, S. NassirDate: [2013]
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A group of physicians wrongly diagnosing the case of a pregnant woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1803.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 28 January 1804Reference: 11402i
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A physician rushes into an operating theatre, exclaiming that there has been an error in diagnosis; unfortunately, the patient is already lying there, opened up. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.
Reference: 17161i