Doctor taking a patient's pulse

Doctor taking a patient's pulse

A physician is checking the pulse of a woman wearing a dotera (heavy quilt in the shape of kimono). Japanese physicians of the Edo and early Meiji Period shaved heir heads. The sword, tobacco tray and a tobacco pipe, and tea chest have probably been set up to produce this coloured photograph as a souvenir for foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐46‐0]

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  • ILEA000321268
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  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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  • Nagasaki University Library / Kyodo News Images
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  • Nagasaki University Library
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  • 3072 × 2048 pixel
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