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A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.

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16464i

An apothecary mixing a concoction in his working room surrounded by the paraphernalia of his profession. Wood engraving by A. Bellenger after H.S. Marks.

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15919i

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

Date

1836

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16454i

A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.

Date

1805

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35401i

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

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21106i

A cayman and its young emerging from an egg. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Date

1778

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41907i

A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.

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16218i

A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.

Date

1747

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22583i

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

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23009i

A cayman basking on an island surrounded by swamp. Coloured lithograph after C. B. Brown.

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42608i

An interior of sixteenth century monastic pharmacy. Watercolour, 19--.

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16009i

An alligator. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800.

Date

1 April 1800

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42605i

Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.

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22092i

Two people come into an pharmacy to ask for advice, the apothecary sits resting his gouty leg. Etching by M. Loder after himself.

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16862i

James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.

Date

17 March 1783

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20790i

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

Date

1695

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22538i

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.

Date

[1736]

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23083i

Larevellière-Lépeaux sits in a disordered quack doctor's room, in the presence of seven wounded French generals, one of them vomiting; representing French defeats in 1799 and Bonaparte's failed imperial ambitions in the east. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

Date

20 June 1799

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12187i

A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.

Date

1747

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22592i

Mrs Lavement arriving back home late after the theatre with Captain O'Donnel causing Mr Lavement (an apothecary) much anger and jealousy, Roderick Random apprentice to Mr Lavement watches the scene with amusement. Etching by T. Rowlandson after himself after T. Smollett.

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16156i

A couple and their child consulting a pharmacist in his shop, an apprentice is mixing up a concoction with a large pestle and mortar. Soft-ground etching.

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15899i

America: an alligator and a tortoise are about to slip into a river while a tapir and a wolverine look on. Engraving by T. Wallis after W. M. Craig.

Date

April 1805

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42077i

An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.

Date

[1750?]

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15904i