A sick man seated in an armchair is turning his head away from a book illustrated with a skeleton; doctor on the left, two servants in the background. Lithograph, ca. 1860.

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1860
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572255i
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view A sick man seated in an armchair is turning his head away from a book illustrated with a skeleton; doctor on the left, two servants in the background. Lithograph, ca. 1860.

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A sick man seated in an armchair is turning his head away from a book illustrated with a skeleton; doctor on the left, two servants in the background. Lithograph, ca. 1860. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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C.W.F. Hufeland was a proponent of naturopathihc medicine, Revalenta arabica was a vegetable remedy for the sick, and Thomas Holloway was a salesman of his brand of pills. "Bezigtiging" means "viewing" in Dutch, suggesting a Netherlandish origin

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1860

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1 print : lithograph ; image 17 x 23.5 cm

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Sheets on the floor bear lettering "Huffland", "Revalenta arabica", "Holloway" and "zigtiging"

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Wellcome Collection 572255i

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