Misunderstanding between a doctor and his working-class patient, who has swallowed the leeches he prescribed. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1877.

Bears dialogue: 'Surgeon. "Your pulse is still very high, my friend! Did you get those leeches all right I sent the day before yesterday?" Patient. "Yes, sir, I got 'em right enough. But mightn't I have 'em biled next time, sir?"'