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  • Visitors to the gardens of the Horticultural Society of London in Chiswick, among whom is a man who rushes off believing he has an attack of the cholera. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1831.
  • The new therapy bulletin. Bulletin no. 2 / Clinical Department of the Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • An ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing.
  • A woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph.
  • The new therapy bulletin. Bulletin no. 2 / Clinical Department of the Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • The question "Waiter, where can I have a puke?" advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
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  • view Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
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    Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685 | Reference: 26303i
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    Katia Retch, vomiting into a toilet as a result of binge-drinking. Colour lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 200-.

    Vink, Willem de, 1957- | Date: [between 2000 and 2009?] | Reference: 2065992i
  • view Le vomissement chez le nourrisson : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 10 avril 1908 / par François Rochu.
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    Le vomissement chez le nourrisson : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 10 avril 1908 / par François Rochu.

    Rochu, François, 1881- | Date: 1908
  • view Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.
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    Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

    | Date: 1720 | Reference: 44121i
  • view Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.
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    Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

    Le Poutre, Jean-A., active 1680. | Reference: 26311i
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