Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
- Laguillermie, Frederic, 1841-1934.
- Date:
- 1800-1899
- Reference:
- 5765i
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Publication/Creation
Paris (Rue Saint Jacques no. 64) : Maison Basset
Physical description
1 process print : line block, with watercolour and gum arabic ; border 47.7 x 61.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Le médecin à la maison ou conseils utiles pour secourir les blessés et guérir tous les accidens. ... Composé et gravé par Laguillermie et Rainaud. Rue St. Jacques. 82.
Each of the 24 illustrations bears extensive lettering below, naming the malady and then describing the remedy: Piqûes d'abeilles, guêpes, bourdons, &A. ... Cors aux pieds, verrues et poireaux. ... Douleurs de dents. ... Indigestions. ... Piqûes d'aiguilles, d'épingles, echardes, &A. ... Engelures, gercures, crevasses &A. ... Asphyxie par le charbon. ... Gale. ... Maladies des yeux. ... Noyés ou asphyxiés par submersion. ... Coups a la tête, chutes & A. ... Entorses, foulures, & A. ... Ordures ou corps étrangers dans les yeux. ... Panaris, maux d'aventure. ... Brulures. ... Hydrophobie ou morsure de chien enragé. ... Arètes, os ou epingles dans le gosier. ... Empoisonnements. ... Mal de mer. ... Goutte. ... Coupures, écorchures, & A. ... Perce-oreilles, moucherons, dans les oreilles. ... Doigts, mains, pieds, ecrasés. ... Hémorragies. .... Formulas for various remedies also run down each side
Formulae for various remedies are printed down each side
Reference
Wellcome Collection 5765i
Notes
This popular broadsheet showing methods of first aid exists in several versions. The present version, a line block or lithographic copy of a line block, may be the earliest. There is also an American version, and a Spanish version in which the scenes are interpreted as episodes in a story (Las desgracias de Pedrin)
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Subjects
- First aid in illness and injury
- Bites and stingsTreatment
- FootDiseasesTreatment
- ToothacheTreatment
- IndigestionTreatment
- ChilblainsTreatment
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
- ScabiesTreatment
- EyeInfectionsTreatment
- DrowningResuscitation
- HeadWounds and injuriesTreatment
- SprainsTreatment
- EyeForeign bodiesTreatment
- InflammationTreatment
- Burns and scaldsTreatment
- RabiesTreatment
- ThroatForeign bodiesTreatment
- Accidental poisoningTreatment
- Motion sicknessTreatment
- GoutTreatment
- Wounds and injuriesTreatment
- HemorrhageTreatment
- EarForeign bodiesTreatment
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