The Physician

The Physician

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Levin, Morton, artist
Publication:
1969
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Pharmacists
Physicians
Genre(s):
Caricature
Abstract:
A physician is giving a clyster to a man hanging upside down by his intestines; Death, in the guise of a nurse, is turning the crank to which the intestines are attached; to the right a pharmacist squats with a mortar and pestal on his head.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
Morton Levin; Source: Record; Research date: 20160411
Extent:
1 print : 35 x 28 cm.
Provenance:
Winston Gallery, San Francisco, California, Purchase; 1973.
Technique:
etching
NLM Unique ID:
101393698 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A022050
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393698