Punch,  6 (1844), 173.

Questions for Medical Students

Anon

Genre:

Catechism, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Education


    Series of questions and answers on 'auscultation and percussion', in which the answers involve puns on medical terms. For example, an instance of 'the "Purring Tremor"' is given as 'a cat in the fidgets'.



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