File:Doctor (the Enthusiastic) Jonathan (the Patient).jpg

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English: This cartoon was published in Diogenes; hys Lantern (AKA The Lantern) magazine, volume 1 (1852). The author is uncredited. It depicts American personification Brother Jonathan refusing a bleeding treatment by a doctor, referring to George Washington (depicted on the right). The caption reads:

Doctor, (the Enthusiastic.) "My dear friend, your pulse is very full–you really don't know your own constitution–you positively must lose a little blood."

Jonathan, (the Patient.) "It's all very well, Mister, in your opinion, but my Old Doctor thinks otherwise"

This cartoon is also republished on page 105 of An American Icon: Brother Jonathan and American Identity by Winifred Morgan (1988). Newark: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-307-6
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Source Diogenes; hys Lantern magazine, vol 1 (1852), pg 7
Author Uncredited
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Cartoon depicting American personification Brother Jonathan being treated by a doctor

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