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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Reference

24101i

A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

Date

8 May 1831

Reference

11852i

Part of

Grants oddities

A doctor asking an elderly patient if he has taken a box of pills that he has prescribed, the patient retorts that he found the boxes difficult to swallow. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1906.

Date

1906

Reference

15348i

A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.

Date

25 March 1786

Reference

22184i

A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.

Date

5 November 1835

Reference

11859i

Part of

Dawson's magic

A nurse dropping an aspirin pill into a glass of water; advertising soluble aspirin. Colour lithograph by M. Cliot, ca. 1910.

Date

[1910?]

Reference

676297i

The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.

Date

16 December 1914

Reference

15791i

A theatrical figure in a tuxedo supporting a pestle and mortar as a hat and holding a large pill. Watercolour painting.

Reference

15700i

A horrified man discovering that as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills, his nose has turned into a carrot. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

11855i

Part of

Universal pills

Tablets. I. The evolution of the tablet machine. II. A bibliography on tablets ... / by P.A. Foote.

Date

[1928]

A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

11851i

A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.

Reference

11209i

A doctor visiting an Irish patient whose wife queries the recommendation to take one pill three times a day. Wood engraving after D. Wilson, 1903.

Date

1903

Reference

15341i

In a line-up of soldiers, one soldier has forgotten to take his anti-malarial tablet: the sergeant-major bawls at him. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1942.

Date

[1942?]

Reference

584428i

Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.

Date

1840

Reference

12249i

Part of

Political Sketches

A doctor presenting a patient with a large pill; representing Addington's concession to the City of London by withdrawing income tax. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.

Date

29 March 1802

Reference

12189i

A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

11856i

A love sick man taking some of Doctor Hymen's pills to try and cure himself. Watercolour painting.

Reference

11860i

A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

Date

1 March 1834

Reference

640599i

Part of

Everybody's album & caricature magazine

A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

Date

April 1829

Reference

12224i

A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment wandering the countryside; representing an apothecary as if he were an itinerant. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

15913i

Two ladies and a man in a turban discussing 'Nigog's magic pillules'. Pen drawing, ca. 1918.

Date

1918

Reference

11862i

Advertisement for tablets that are supposed to help indigestion, anemia, stomach problems, migraines and insomnia. Colour photomechanical reproduction.

Reference

16211i

A soldier has taken his anti-malarial tablet, and is trying to swallow it down. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

Date

[1944?]

Reference

584429i

A bibliography of the tabletting of medicinal substances / compiled by A.J. Evans and David Train.

Date

1963