"Against the left margin is a thermometer inscribed with degrees upwards and downwards from 0, in the centre. Those above zero are headed Temperance, those below Intemperance. Reading downwards: [70] Water; 60 Milk & Water; 50 Small Beer; 40 Cyder; 30...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831. and Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Prevention, Temperance, and Thermometers
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[July 1827]
Call Number:
Print01056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. A scrawny and an obese dog play next to the doctor's stool and bucket. On the wall...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by William Cole, Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Obesity, Therapeutics, Stomach-pump, Costume, History, Medical equipment & supplies, Medical procedures & techniques, Pails, Dogs, Mirrors, and Stools
"An ugly elderly man, emaciated but paunchy, stands in profile to the left, head thrown back, in the effort to swallow. His right fingers are crisped as he throws over his left shoulder the contents of a tumbler. He wears night-cap, dressing-gown, and...
