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Physicians (General practice)

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  • A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, which she views suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.
  • Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.
  • A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.
  • An American physician of the late nineteenth century, with his doctor's bag and horse and buggy; advertising the medicine "Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery". Colour lithograph by E.C. Pease, 1910.
  • Matthew Manna, a country apothecary outside his shop. Etching by M. Darly, 1773, after R.St. G. Mansergh.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.

    Locher, Gottfried, 1730-1795. | Date: 1775 | Reference: 16368i
    • Books

    Professional ethics and primary care medicine : beyond dilemmas and decorum / Harmon L. Smith and Larry R. Churchill.

    Smith, Harmon L. | Date: 1986
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    A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.

    Taylor, H., active 1786. | Date: 25 March 1786 | Reference: 22184i
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    A long queue (line) of angry patients agitating outside the house of a doctor (surgeon-apothecary); he squirts a syringe at them from an upstairs room. Watercolour, ca. 1800.

    | Date: [1800?] | Reference: 10978i
    • Books

    Report of a symposium on preventive medicine and general practice : held at the Edinburgh School of Agriculture, 26 and 27 September 1964.

    Symposium on preventive medicine and general practice (1964 : Edinburgh School of Agriculture) | Date: 1966
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