A swollen lethargic patient with ten physicians seated around a table on which are axes and a halter; symbolising England's government and the need for reform. Engraving, 1756.
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- 23 July 1756
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A grand consultation of physitians: or, an attempt to assign the cause of a sickly & languishing constitution; prescribing the most salutary & probable methods for effecting a cure. ...
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[London] (ye corner of Castle Alley in Threadneedle Street) : According to Act of Parliament by J. Eynon, 23 July 1756.
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1 print : etching with line engraving ; platemark 22 x 31 cm
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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III, pt II, London 1877, no. 3443
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Wellcome Library no. 10760i
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A swollen lethargic patient with ten physicians seated around a table on which are axes and a halter; symbolising England's government and the need for reform. Engraving, 1756. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
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