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1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph

A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

The painting on the wall depicts an old nurse and a man bending towards her

Les malades et les médecins

1 print : lithograph ; image 24.2 x 20.8 cm.

An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

The doctor describes mixing the ingredients and then sprinkling the finished recipe in the newspaper columns, cooking up a handsome profit

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.8 x 19.1 cm.

A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

Two pall-bearers are walking in the bottom right-hand corner. The skeleton holds a document saying "ordonance", signifying the doctor's collusion with the call of death. The doctor may either have a large collar or large, devilish (or donkeyish) ears (compare Wellcome Library no. 16059i where the ears are coloured pink).

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; image 30.9 x 20.5 cm

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

Les Robert-Macaire

1 print : lithograph with wood engraved border ; image 13.6 x 11.1 cm.

Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.

Two pall-bearers are walking in the bottom right-hand corner. The script in the skeleton's hand says "ordonnance", signifying the collusion of the doctor with the call of death. The doctor has large, pink ears (although in another version of this print, record number 16058, the 'ears' are grey, indicating either that they may be part of the suit or that they are asses' ears), which have a devilish quality

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 30.8 x 21 cm

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.

Possibly an antisemitic caricature. However, the 'ordonnance' (a familiar sight in caricatures from the July Monarchy) perched next to a gun, surrounded by signs of wealth and culture, perhaps indicates the corrupt domination of the bourgeoisie around this time, three years before the revolution

A wealthy doctor counting money. Lithograph.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.

A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

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A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.

A wealthy doctor counting money. Lithograph.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.

A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

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A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.

A wealthy doctor counting money. Lithograph.

Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.

A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

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