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Two friends conversing about a recent operation for strabismus. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.Date: 11 April 1841Reference: 846i- Pictures
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James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
Date: 17 March 1783Reference: 20790i- Pictures
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A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
Date: 1832Reference: 17853i- Pictures
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Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 6 March 1800]Reference: 20582i- Pictures
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A patient complains to a visitor that he does not discuss with his doctor how he feels for fear of discouraging him. Wood engraving by F.H. Townsend, 1915.
Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry), 1868-1920.Date: 1915Reference: 15405i- Pictures
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A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.
Reference: 12116iPart of: Gallery of comicalities : Amateurs- Pictures
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A man absurdly well-prepared for the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the overabundance of questionable remedies and protections against cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
Date: c. 1832Reference: 17849i- Pictures
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Edward Jenner and two colleagues seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, the dead smallpox victims are littered at their feet. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 20 June 1808Reference: 11758i- Pictures
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Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
S. J.Date: 1791Reference: 15873i- Pictures
Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Reference: 11631i- Pictures
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Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 2 May 1803Reference: 12193i- Pictures
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Sir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions to the Plan of Reform which disenfranchised sixty boroughs. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 7 March 1831Reference: 12229iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
Date: 1791Reference: 15982i- Pictures
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A doctor examining a disgruntled patient, John Bull, who is being reassured by his master. Lithograph by Crichton, 1834.
Date: [1834?]Reference: 13440i- Pictures
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Professors C.B. Spruyt and Van Pesch are told by Death that all knowledge comes from him; referring to the change in electoral law concerning the minimum voting age. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1893.
Braakensiek, Joh. (Johan Coenraad), 1858-1940.Date: 12 February 1893Reference: 17696i- Pictures
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A life in 24 silhouettes of Jan Kwak, a successful quack-doctor. Process print after N. Bodenheim, c. 1900.
Bodenheim, Nelly, 1874-1951.Reference: 17777i- Pictures
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Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.
Marais, Maurice, 1852-Date: 23 January 1897Reference: 16999i- Pictures
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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.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: [1814?]Reference: 33387i- Pictures
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An old woman attempting to cure her corns by drinking brandy while her feet are plunged in salt. Wood engraving.
Reference: 11889i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank
Date: May 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/18/9Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 13
Date: March - June 1903Reference: WF/E/03/13Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6
Date: Aug 1901 - Jul 1903Reference: WF/E/01/01/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949- Film
Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949- Videos
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Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949