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Milk of paradise : a history of opium / Lucy Inglis.
Inglis, LucyDate: 2018- Pictures
Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Reference: 18136i- Pictures
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A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
Reference: 18139iPart of: Hygeian illustration