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  • An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.
  • An obese bald-headed old man seated in an armchair while a hairdresser pours macassar oil from a bottle on to his scalp. Etching after T. Rowlandson, ca. 1814.
  • A doctor and footman hurling pudding at each other in an attempt to make the obese patient laugh in order to cure his quinsey. Coloured engraving by R. Newton, 1797.
  • A pair of obese gouty men in night-caps gaping at a fly in fear that it may land on a gouty limb. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1796, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • Six vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: hope, conscientiousness, veneration, cautiousness, benevolence, causality; illustrated by a dog anxious for scraps, a maid attempting a good price for her masters old clothes, an obese gourmand eying an enormous side of beef, a prim couple crossing a muddy road, a man being flogged, Liston acting the part of Paul Pry. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
  • Six vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: hope, conscientiousness, veneration, cautiousness, benevolence, causality; illustrated by a dog anxious for scraps, a maid attempting a good price for her masters old clothes, an obese gourmand eying an enormous side of beef, a prim couple crossing a muddy road, a man being flogged, Liston acting the part of Paul Pry. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • Teresina, a young woman weighing 265 kg. Halftone after a photograph.
  • Comments on corpulency. Lineaments of leanness. Mems on diet and dietetics / By William Wadd.
  • Comments on corpulency. Lineaments of leanness. Mems on diet and dietetics / By William Wadd.
  • Comments on corpulency. Lineaments of leanness. Mems on diet and dietetics / By William Wadd.
  • Glandiposan / Gedeon Richter (América), S.A.
  • Glandiposan / Gedeon Richter (América), S.A.
  • Paul Butterbrodt, a man weighing 476 pounds. Engraving.
  • Paul Butterbrodt, a man weighing 476 pounds. Engraving.
  • John Love, a very large man. Line engraving.
  • Letter on corpulence / addressed to the public by William Banting.
  • John Love, a very large man. Line engraving.