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  • Alcock-type leech jar.
  • A leech jar; Essex type.
  • Markings on a leech jar.
  • M0007018: Green earthernware leech jar
  • An omnibus full of distraught women due to leeches having escaped from their broken jar. Wood engraving by J. Leech.
  • Leech and Tamarind jars.
  • M0007019: Glass leach jar
  • Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.
  • Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.
  • John Bull, with leeches on his chest, sits on a commode full of gold coin; he is attended by Lords Stanhope and Perceval dressed as doctors; Napoleon holds the commode. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1811.