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A hypochondriac patient consulting a cynical physician: the patient is healthy, but the physician will provide a treatment that will produce some symptoms of ill-health. Pen drawing, 183-(?).
Wellcome Collection

A hypochondriac patient consulting a cynical physician: the patient is healthy, but the physician will provide a treatment that will produce some symptoms of ill-health. Pen drawing, 183-(?).

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Patient: "I hardly know Doctor what is the matter with me. I eat well, I drink well, and in fact, I sleep well." Doctor: "Very bad symptoms indeed. I'll give you something that shall take them away."

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