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  • Visitors to the gardens of the Horticultural Society of London in Chiswick, among whom is a man who rushes off believing he has an attack of the cholera. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1831.
  • The new therapy bulletin. Bulletin no. 2 / Clinical Department of the Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • An ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing.
  • A woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph.
  • The new therapy bulletin. Bulletin no. 2 / Clinical Department of the Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • The question "Waiter, where can I have a puke?" advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
  • Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.
  • A male patient is hanging by his feet from an apparatus, a large worm (?) is passing from his mouth into a bowl, assisted by a surgeon and two assistants. Process print after a woodcut, 1497.
  • Four men watch, some holding their noses, as a man vomits; representing the sense of smell. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1651.
  • A drunk young man vomiting outside a social gathering. Colour lithograph for Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, ca. 2000.
  • Negligence and idleness represented as a dishevelled woman surrounded by people gambling, drinking, fighting etc. Engraving attributed to P. Galle.
  • Jason being vomited from the dragon of Colchis's mouth after it had received a drug from Athena. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • The rulers of Europe as doctors prescribing remedies for Empress Maria Theresa. Etching and letterpress, 1742.
  • Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, c. 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
  • A woman holding the head of a man who is vomiting. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
  • A group of deformed men force one of their number to vomit in a bowl. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, 1823.
  • A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.
  • 'Philijpÿn' helps a donkey to vomit while a 'Doctor Financier' examines a urine sample;; representing the state of Spain under the monarchy of King Philip V. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1711.
  • Two men playing backgammon on a barrel-table as others watch and smoke. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskirk.
  • A man vomiting after overeating and drinking; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by J.J. Kleinschmidt after Jan van de Velde the younger.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.
  • A woman holding her stomach and vomiting into a bucket after self administering an emetic. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.