A parade of wretched, smallpocked people walk away from a doctor who counts his money. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

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[c. 1800]
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16148i
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A parade of wretched, smallpocked people walk away from a doctor who counts his money. Coloured etching, c. 1800. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The exploitative doctor may be a variolator who has been profiting through the use of this soon to be outmoded technique on unfortunate individuals; perhaps they are defecting to a vaccinator. However, 'inoculation' was also used to refer to vaccination in the early days of its use in France, hence this could be another simple anti-vaccination message from the Depeuille printing house

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Paris (Rue des Mathurins Sorbonne aux deux pilastres d'or) : Dépeuille, [c. 1800]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 23.7 x 37.7 cm

Lettering

Les bienfaits de la petite vérole. Maison d'inoculation.

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Wellcome Collection 16148i

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