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  • A vertical anatomical bisection of Charles James Fox, one half of him dressed as a Frenchman, and the other half an Englishman. Coloured etching by W. Dent, 1793.
  • A peripatetic medicine vendor entering a house in the Netherlands. Watercolour by R. Craeyvanger, 1866.
  • The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving after J. Elphinstone.
  • A peripatetic medicine vendor entering a house in the Netherlands. Watercolour by R. Craeyvanger, 1866.
  • A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.
  • A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.
  • A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • An old woman counts her money using spectacles. Line engraving.
  • A disgruntled physician wearing a legal wig and gown(?). Etching, 1771.
  • An aged unpleasant apothecary. Coloured etching by M. Darly, 1774.
  • An aged unpleasant apothecary. Coloured etching by M. Darly, 1774.
  • A seller of spectacles showing his wares and wearing a large pair of spectacles. Line engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • A shoeless blind girl is led by a dog on a path. Sepia stipple engraving by T. Gaugain, 1785, after J. Northcote.
  • A shoeless blind girl is led by a dog on a path. Stipple engraving by T. Gaugain, 1785, after J. Northcote.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
  • A doctor being tricked into drinking his own medicine. Engraving, 1784.
  • A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
  • A quack doctor treating her patient's chilblains. Engraving after H.B. Bunbury.
  • Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794.
  • Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794.
  • A wet nurse breast feeding the Duke of Burgundy, grandson of Louis XIV. Engraving.
  • A wet nurse breast feeding the Duke of Burgundy, grandson of Louis XIV. Engraving.
  • A doctor holding death at bay from his patient: illustrated by him squirting a syringe at a skeletal figure entering via the window. Line engraving by N. Goodnight, 1787, after S. Collings.
  • A doctor holding death at bay from his patient: illustrated by him squirting a syringe at a skeletal figure entering via the window. Line engraving by N. Goodnight, 1787, after S. Collings.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.