Curiosities of Medical Experience
J Leech *
Genre: | Illustration, Satire |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Illustrators: | J Leech * |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Gender |
Shows a 'Professional' medical man outside a consulting room informing a portly 'Old Lady' of her symptoms. The description is ridiculously technical and leads to the doctor warning the woman that her symptoms 'might have ended in delirium tremens, or even premature elephantiasis'. |
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