Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library / Subject (Name): Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810 / Subject (Topic): Quacks

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1. Metallic-tractors [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [11 November 1801]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:: Publish'd Novr. 11, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):: Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs
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