Print showing The Code of Hammurabi

• Reference:GB 254 THB 25/3/2
• Dates of Creation:c 1950
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• Scope and Content

  Original painting by Robert A. Thom (1915-1979). Under the code of Hammurabi, physicians' fees were set, and patients and physicians might appeal their grievances to the King's court (as told by the ancient clay tablets of Mesopotamia). One of a Series: A History of Medicine in Pictures presented by Parke, Davis & Co. (now Pfizer Inc.)

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