Title etched below image., Date from copy in British Museum., Place of publication derived from language of text., In margin bottom: Gravé d'apres le Tableau Original Peint par Vatteau de même grandeur qui est dans la Gallerie de S.E. Mgr. Le Comte de Bruhl Chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Aigle Blanc ..., Description from British Museum catalogue: A sick man trying to escape a group of physicians; some of them are carrying clysters and threatening him, while another on the left is washing his hands., Below image are eight lines of verse., In margin lower right: No. 35., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., and Soiled, stained, discolored. 2x2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Irrigation (Medicine)., Sick persons, Physicians, Medical equipment, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., Depicted on the table is a book with "Buchan" on the spine. William Buchan was a physician, and author of "Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines"., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Taking medicine.
Title etched below image., Place of publication and date supplied by curator., A copy after James Gillray, Taking Physic, published 1800., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Taking medicine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Oral medication, Sick persons, Medicines, and Fireplaces
With the Tower of London visible in the background, a quack doctor on a platform holds up a bottle of medicine before a small crowd of city folk, as his assistant passes out handbills. Among the crowd is a carter with his whip, a chimney sweep's boy, and an obese woman. On the platform behind the doctor are several invalids, including a man with a crutch. A sign attached to the platform reads "Doctor Van Cheatall."
Description:
Title from item. and Artist and publisher from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
William Allen
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Sick persons, Quacks, Clothing & dress, Crowds, and City & town life
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical consultation, Physicians, Medicines, Crutches, and Sick persons
Title etched below image., Place of publication and date from item., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Rock & Co. London
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Sick persons, Beds, and Basins (Containers).
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from street address., Sheet trimmed within platemark., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 5th. 1829. by S. Gans Southhampton Street
The true and lively portraiture of Valentine Greatrakes Esq
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from printmaker's street address., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 20th 1794 by W. Richardson Castle St. Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Greatrakes, Valentine, 1629-1683.
Subject (Topic):
Spiritual healing, Healers, Sick persons, Boys, and Crutches
In image lower right: "Un Amateur"., In image lower left: G. Hoffmann., Date derived from artist's presumed date of death (ca. 1960)., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Art critics, Physicians, Sick persons, Paintings, Spouses, Nurses, Medicines, and Cats