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  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A gouty man in a Bath chair out shooting with his dogs, his black servant sniggers behind him. Engraving.
  • Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • A man carrying a heavy bundle on his shoulders, representing the burden of rheumatism and gout; advertising Atophan tablets. Lithograph after Leonhard Fries and letterpress (?).
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances / Darlow & Co.
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • A man breaking the chains that bound his arms, representing liberation from rheumatism and gout with the medicine Atophan. Lithograph after Leonhard Fries and letterpress (?).
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • A doctor visiting a patient and advising him against drinking alcohol, the patient responds by inviting him to dinner and some port, in order to avoid jury service. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1865.
  • A gouty man startled by death; represented as a skeletal figure wielding an arrow. Mezzotint, 1794.
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • A gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A temple with a fountain, representing sandbath treatment for gout and other diseases at Bad Köstritz. Colour lithograph attributed to P. Scheurich, ca. 1910.
  • A disgruntled gouty man with all limbs bandaged, a table covered in medicine bottles is next to him. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.
  • Keep healthy, happy and slim by talking Bile Beans brand pills.
  • A disgruntled gouty man ringing a bell for his servant who is just leaving the room. Etching.
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra
  • Above, treatment of gout, below, obstetrics. Engraving.
  • The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members : Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
  • Two "Seabury" items of importance to medical men : the "Perfection" Boil Plaster.
  • A sick old man with the woes of old age. Engraving by B. Lépicié, 1745, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • Demetrius Pepagomenus, Liber de Podagra