Medicinal see-saw, or, A cure for flatulency [graphic]

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Title: Medicinal see-saw, or, A cure for flatulency [graphic]
Alternative Title: Cure for flatulency
Creator: Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Contributor: Gans, S., active 1829-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 November 1829]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Abstract: An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. 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
Description: Title etched below image.
"A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 240 x 351 mm
Language: English

Genre: History
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Material: etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Physicians
Patients
Household employees
Dogs
Flatulence
Black people
House furnishings
Costume
History
Obesity
Servants
Subjects: Physicians
Patients
Household employees
Dogs
Flatulence
Black people
House furnishings > Great Britain > 19th century
Costume > History > 19th century
Great Britain
Costume
House furnishings
Obesity
Servants
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

Access: Public
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