L0032775 He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor A man foolishly trying to treat his own illnesses by imitating a physician. Colour lithograph by C. E.(?), 1931. A man takes his own pulse at the wrist and has a thermometer in his mouth. On the table before him are an open medical book, a fobwatch for taking the pulse, a pillbox and some medicine bottles. On the wall behind him is projected the shadow of a fool (wearing a dunce's cap) sitting on


L0032775 He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor A man foolishly trying to treat his own illnesses by imitating a physician. Colour lithograph by C. E.(?), 1931. A man takes his own pulse at the wrist and has a thermometer in his mouth. On the table before him are an open medical book, a fobwatch for taking the pulse, a pillbox and some medicine bottles. On the wall behind him is projected the shadow of a fool (wearing a dunce's cap) sitting on a stool Bears monogram, possibly "CE" with C reversed, assumed to be initials of artist; could possibly be EC, MU or UM 1931 By: C. : 1931 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY


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