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Enema and Stomach pump, by Arnold & Sons
Arnold & Sons- Digital Images
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Enema and Stomach pump, by Arnold & Sons
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A description of Read's patent syringe, or, Stomach pump, and lavement apparatus : with directions for its employment in the following operations, viz.: extracting poison from the stomach : administering clysters : introducing tobacco fumes into the bowels : transfusion of blood & venous injections : drawing off the urine : injecting the bladder : female injections : administraiton of food and medicine : drawing the breasts : injecting the wounds inflicted by rabid animals, thereby preventing hydrophobia, &c. &c. : containing also testimonials of its superior utility, and a tabular view of poisons and antidotes, from professional authority / by John Read.
Read, John, 1760-1847.Date: [1830?]- Pictures
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John Bull being force-fed via a stomach pump, by a queue of people; representing Britain's numerous political problems. Colour photomechanical reproduction after S. Pritchard, 1913.
Pritchard, Stanger, 1877-1957.Date: 25 December 1913Reference: 15781i- Books
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A brief account of the origin and progress of the patent syringe, or stomach pump, and lavement apparatus [invented by John Read] / [Richard Read].
Read, Richard, active 1850.Date: [1850?]