Yes, doctor, I gave him the figs as you directed, but he keeps asking for dates!

Yes, doctor, I gave him the figs as you directed, but he keeps asking for dates!

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Tichnor Brothers, Inc., publisher.
Publication:
Boston : Tichnor Bros., Inc., [between 1900 and 1950?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Patients' Rooms
Courtship
Ficus
Genre(s):
Cartoon
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a color illustration of a nurse talking on a telephone in the room of a patient. The nurse, who has her back to the patient, has red hair and is wearing a white dress and a white hat. The patient is a bald man who is leaning against a pillow in bed. There are some flowers on a stand next to the bed.
Copyright:
Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101625992 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05264
OCLC no.:
871618848
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101625992