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A doctor reprimanding an obese patient for not taking his medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1797.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 20 December 1797Reference: 11056i- Pictures
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A doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
H., E., active 1894.Date: 1894Reference: 14303i- Pictures
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A grossly obese man supporting his stomach in a wheelbarrow, a young fop looks on. Etching by S. Ireland, 178-, after J.H. Mortimer.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.Date: 1780-1789Reference: 11055i- Pictures
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.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: July 1827Reference: 11809i- Pictures
An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11818i- Pictures
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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.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 3 December 1796Reference: 10648i- Pictures
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A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Reference: 15575i- Pictures
An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint by J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 11 November 1801Reference: 11820i- Pictures
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An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11819i- Pictures
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.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Reference: 11810iPart of: Arithmetic- Pictures
An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11857iPart of: Universal pills- Pictures
An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 10 October 1810Reference: 10739iPart of: Tegg's caricatures- Pictures
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An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: 30 November 1829Reference: 11184iPart of: Cases of a celebrated M.D.- Pictures
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An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Reference: 11219i- Books
Why geese don't get obese (and we do) : how evolution's strategies for survival affect our everyday lives / Eric P. Widmaier.
Widmaier, Eric P.Date: [1998], ©1998- Pictures
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An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Date: 1813Reference: 11218i- Pictures
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An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured reproduction of an aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 11 November 1801Reference: 11817i- Pictures
A doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1 September 1813Reference: 11063i- Pictures
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A doctor performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose abdomen is tapped ejecting a fountain into a bucket. Coloured etching by Ull.
Ull.Reference: 11812i- Ephemera
Caution watch your portion : lack of portion control is one of the major reasons why people are either overweight or obese / Compass Group Holdings PLC.
Date: 2014- Books
Recent advances in obesity research : 1 : Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Obesity, 8-11 October 1974, held at the Royal College of Physicians, London / edited by Alan Howard ; organised by the Association for the Study of Obesity.
International Congress on Obesity 1974 : Royal College of Physicians)Date: 1975- Pictures
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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.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: c. 1815Reference: 10937i- 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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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.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Date: 10 August 1797Reference: 10971i- Pictures
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.
Vibert, J. G. (Jehan Georges), 1840-1902.Reference: 24257i