A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.

  • King, Gunning.
Date:
1911
Reference:
15380i
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Dialogue includes: Doctor. "Well! And did you take his temperature?" Wife. "Oh! Yes, sir. I puts the baromiter on 'is chess an' it goes up to very dry, so I fetches 'im a quart o' beer, an' now e's gone to work!"

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[London], 1911.

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1 print : wood engraving ; border 15 x 18 cm

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Gunning King

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Wellcome Collection 15380i

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