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  • Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • The young foppish politician Charles James Fox having his hair dressed; represented by a fox with pages from the Magna Charta as curl-papers. Engraving, 1771.
  • A gouty man drinking wine and playing the cello; the pain is represented by a devil burning his knee. Etching, 1785, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A generous physician refusing money for services rendered from a poor family. Mezzotint.
  • A wealthy patient falls over having a tooth extracted with vigour by a fashionable dentist. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Two women leave the room as a young man holds the hands of a girl and inclines his head towards her. Engraving by A. Birrel after T. Stothard.
  • Two angry medical practitioners arguing about opposing methods in front of a gouty (?) patient. Coloured engraving, 1787.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.
  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon
  • Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon