A man administers an enema to a baby. Reproduction of a painting by J.A. Garemyn, 1778.

A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.

A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

An army of demons armed with clysters, one of which is a huge cannon, attack a man tied to a tree; suggesting the awful experience of having an enema. Pen drawing.

A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.

A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.

A man holding a pack of 'Jubol' medicine tells clyster-wielding physicians that they are now obsolete. Wood engraving by Henriot, c. 1885.

A gentleman compares the size of his syringe with a physician's clyster; he says that his is for the other side of the body. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

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On the left, a physician making a diagnosis from a urine flask turns away from the patient, and turns his right palm upwards as if to say "all is lost". A young man, a young woman and a woman with a bucket express agitation. Right, a surgeon with two assistants applies cupping glasses to the patient's back, while a third assistant comforts the patient. Right foreground, a seated woman bent over in despair

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

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Internal baths : the principle and the process : being an exposition of Prof. Chas. A. Tyrrell's celebrated "J.B.L. Cascade," a device for eliminating the waste of the system : drugs shown to be injurious to health and longevity : essentially a home treatment.

In the early nineteenth century there were several rival medical systems, including Brunonianism, the system of Broussais, phrenology and homoeopathy, in addition to variations on traditional western medicine. Brunonianism, the theory of John Brown (1735-1788), regarded most illnesses as due to a deficit of stimulation, requiring treatment with medicines based on opium or alcohol. In France, François Joseph Victor Broussais (1772-1838) proposed a theory of irritability which was to be controlled by purging and especially bloodletting. Brown acquired a European reputation, especially after his death. Broussais tried to ridicule Brown and his followers in many of his verbose writings. The short-lived success of their competing systems illustrates the fatal attractiveness of over-simple theories. This drawing, probably by a French or German hand, shows a battle between the rival partisans of Brown (on the left) and Broussais (on the right): they are identified by military standards (flags) inscribed "Brown" (left) and "Broussai<s>" (right)

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 35.4 x 45.2 cm

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Internal baths : the principle and the process : being an exposition of Prof. Chas. A. Tyrrell's celebrated "J.B.L. Cascade," a device for eliminating the waste of the system : drugs shown to be injurious to health and longevity : essentially a home treatment.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Internal baths : the principle and the process : being an exposition of Prof. Chas. A. Tyrrell's celebrated "J.B.L. Cascade," a device for eliminating the waste of the system : drugs shown to be injurious to health and longevity : essentially a home treatment.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Conseils à la femme pour sa beauté / L. Dumez.

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