An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.

  • Sharpshooter, A.
Date:
30 November 1829
Reference:
11184i
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Cases of a celebrated M.D.
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An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Page 75". The black servant exclaims: "Eh! eh! Missey, you makey wind for true." The doctor has some resemblance to John Abernethy

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London (15 Southampton Street, Strand) : S. Gans, 30 November 1829.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour.

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Medicinal see-saw; or, a cure for flatulency. A. Sharpshooter, fec.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. XI, London 1954, no. 15968

Reference

Wellcome Collection 11184i

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"A. Sharpshooter" is a pseudonym, possibly of J. Phillips

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