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Deutschschweizerische Kalender des 19. Jahrhunderts als Vermittler schul- und volksmedizinischer Vorstellungen / Barbara C. Hansch-Mock.
Hansch-Mock, Barbara C. (Barbara Charlotte), 1945-Date: 1976- Pictures
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A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people.. Pen drawing by B. Pinelli, 1821.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Reference: 20993i- Books
The cancer problem : malignancy in nineteenth-century Britain / Agnes Arnold-Forster.
Arnold-Forster, AgnesDate: 2021- Books
Gadding about quack like : the science of deception and the practice of physic in the narrative of Henry Tufts / Daniel E. Williams.
Williams, Daniel E., 1951-Date: 1990- Books
Dr William O. Coffee and his absorption cure for cataract / Andrew P. Ferry.
Ferry, Andrew P.Date: 1989- Pictures
A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Date: 1821Reference: 20995i- Pictures
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An itinerant medicine vendor known as Medicine Jack carrying his wares in a knapsack on his back. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 21057i- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
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George III's illnesses and his doctors : a study in early psychiatry / Michael Ramscar.
Ramscar, MichaelDate: 2023- Pictures
An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.
Gilbert, Frederick, 1827-1902.Reference: 21050i- Pictures
An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares at a country market, assisted by a woman. Colour stipple engraving by L.-M. Bonnet after J.-P. Caresme.
Caresme, Jacques-Philippe, 1734-1796.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 21034i- Pictures
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in the square of the Grand Duke of Florence. Lithograph by Levilly after F. Pieraccini.
Pieraccini, Francesco.Reference: 20907i- Pictures
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Two performing itinerant medicine vendors in costume on a horse drawn carriage rehersing their speeches on a country lane as a young woman walks past. Coloured etching.
Reference: 20599i- Books
'Umckaloabo' : late vindication of a secret remedy / A. Helmstädter.
Helmstädter, Axel.Date: 1996- Pictures
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A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [30 July 1801]Reference: 20936i- Pictures
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.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Reference: 12250iPart of: Political Squibs- Books
Heil und Heilung : Geschichte der Laienheilkundigen und Struktur antimodernistischer Weltanschauungen in Kaiserreich und Weimarer Republik am Beispiel von Eugen Wenz (1856-1945) / von Thomas Faltin.
Faltin, Thomas.Date: 2000- Books
The Siblys of London : a family on the esoteric fringes of Georgian England / Susan Mitchell Sommers.
Sommers, Susan Mitchell, 1961-Date: [2018]- Books
Health in the marketplace : professionalism, therapeutic desires, and medical commodification in late-Victorian London / Takahiro Ueyama.
Ueyama, Takahiro.Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
The diary of a quack doctor : being the last diary of John Swift, aurist, of Newsome, Huddersfield, 1784-1851 / edited with introduction and notes by Jennifer Stead.
Swift, John, 1784-1851.Date: 2002- Pictures
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A well-meaning health enthusiast reviewing his athletic plan for someone's recovery. Pen drawing.
Reference: 12128i- Books
Tax, medicines and the law : from quackery to pharmacy / Chantal Stebbings.
Stebbings, ChantalDate: 2018- Books
Medicine and the market : professionalism, commerce, and electrical devices, 1860-1918 / Takahiro Ueyama.
Ueyama, Takahiro.Date: [1999], ©1999- Pictures
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Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor performing on stage to a crowd at Tower Hill in an attempt to sell his wares. Etching.
Reference: 20576i- Books
Shropshire doctors & quacks : medical care in Shropshire, 1740-1899 / Richard Moore.
Moore, Richard.Date: 2011