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- Creator:
- Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 November 1829]
- Call Number:
- Print01284
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Cure for flatulency
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medicinal see-saw, or, A cure for flatulency [graphic]
