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A Board Of Health Doctor In A New York Tenement

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Rogers, W.A., artist
Publication:
New York: Harper & Brothers, August 10, 1889
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Physicians
Mothers
Mother-Child Relations
Pulse
Abstract:
In a room in a tenement building, a physician is taking the pulse and auscultating an infant held in his mother's arms. A young girl stands by her mother.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : 40 x 28 cm.
Technique:
wood engraving, color
NLM Unique ID:
101393027 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A021379
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393027