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1. Sola experientia vera medicamina docet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1789]
- Call Number:
- Print10018
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on medicine: to right, a man sits on a close stool holding a steaming glass vessel; behind him a doctor reads from a large volume propped against the lid of the stool; he wears a tall hat, large glasses and an ermine-trimmed robe which is held by a man with a moustache, hat, lace-trimmed collar and cloak who carries a sword; men in white pierrot costumes stand on either side behind the doctor each holding a large candle the smoke from which partly obscures the doctor's hat; at the end of the procession are three men in the same costumes carrying clysters on their shoulders; all are in profile to right and have large noses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Isaac Cruikshank based on faint "I.C" signature in lower right corner of image., Copied from one of a set of satirical prints on medicine made by Desprez in Sweden in 1789; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1969,0719.2. For a different English copy of the same design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2007,7058.4., "Dor. Bssi."--Lower left margin., "CAP: &"--Lower right margin., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters -- Water closets -- Dr. Bossey., and Contemporary annotation in ink below title: 'Tis only experiences that teaches proper remedies.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Candles
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Sola experientia vera medicamina docet [graphic]
