Two physicians discussing a patient: one boasts to the other that he has prescribed a remedy which will aggravate the patient's illness in order to fit the illness to the physician's specialty. Wood engraving by J.B. Partridge, 1896.

  • Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945.
Date:
1896
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14308i
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Dialogue includes: First doctor. "I ordered him an ice-cold bath every morning." Second doctor. "What, when he had influenza!" First doctor. "Yes, it will give him pneumonia, and I made my whole reputation curing that!"

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[London], 1896.

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1 print : wood engraving ; border 19.1 x 12 cm

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'On safer ground.' J.B.P. fec.

Creator/production credits

J.B.P. is assumed to be John Bernard Partridge, who joined Punch in 1891

Reference

Wellcome Collection 14308i

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