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Images about Arsenic

19 images from works
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • A patient suffering adverse effects of arsenic treatment. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • A patient suffering adverse effects of arsenic treatment. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • An unscrupulous chemist selling a child arsenic and laudanum. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Furnace used in processing arsenic. Etching.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • A chemist gives a demonstration involving arsenic to an audience. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.
  • An unscrupulous chemist selling a child arsenic and laudanum. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • 'Tabloid' Blaud Pill Compound : presents arsenic and strychnine combined with 'Tabloid' Blaud Pill, which, as proved by clinical trials, is markedly superior in haemoglobin-forming power to other iron preparations.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.

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108 works