Statue showing a doctor treating a poor person, Europe, 1850-1900

Plaster cast of moralistic Victorian statue showing doctor or

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Plaster cast of moralistic Victorian statue showing doctor or pharmacist attending to pauper's body

‘The Charity Patient’ plaster statue shows a doctor or a pharmacist attending to a mother, dressed in rags, with a small baby. The doctor examines the baby while grinding up a treatment in a pestle and mortar. Medical treatment was not free, so the poor had to rely on charitable provision or workhouse infirmaries.

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Category:
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A631054
Materials:
whole, plaster, cream-coloured
Measurements:
overall: 545 mm x 320 mm x 190 mm,
type:
statue and cast

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Statue showing a doctor treating a poor person

Statue showing a doctor treating a poor person

Plaster cast of moralistic Victorian statue showing doctor or pharmacist attending to pauper's body

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‘The Charity Patient’ plaster statue shows a doctor or a pharmacist attending to a mother, dressed in rags, with a small baby. The doctor examines the baby while grinding up a treatment in a pestle and mortar. Medical treatment was not free, so the poor had to rely on charitable provision or workhouse infirmaries.

Measurements:
overall: 545 mm x 320 mm x 190 mm,
Materials:
whole, plaster, cream-coloured
Object Number:
A631054/1
type:
statue and cast
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Scroll-work fragments from statue showing a doctor treating a pauper

Scroll-work fragments from statue showing a doctor treating a pauper

Scroll work fragments from plaster cast of moralistic Victorian statue showing doctor or pharmacist attending to pauper's body, unsigned, European, 1850-1900

Measurements:
overall: 545 mm x 320 mm x 190 mm,
Materials:
whole, plaster, cream-coloured
Object Number:
A631054/2
type:
fragment and component - object