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1. Ministerial phlebotomy, or, Bleeding John Bull [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [6 Feburary 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.02.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull, corpulent, bald-headed, and stripped to the loins, is beset by leeches with human heads. They climb up his legs and attack his body, arms, and head. He stamps angrily, with clenched fists, saying, "This is Bleeding with A Veangence If I do not Shake off Some of these Leaches I shall not have a drop of Blood Left, why they will never be full & this is the third Set I have had on with in this three years or so. enough to Destroy the best Constitution." The King's profile projects into the design from the left. margin; he holds his spy-glass to his eye (as in British Museum Satires No. 10019, &c), saying, "Hard Work Indeed for poor Johnny How Voraicous I begin to think they will be too many for him I must Order Some of them off I see." Four leeches lie on the ground all inscribed 'Defaulter', followed by various sums: '300-000', '200-000', '400,000', [?] '500,000'. With these is a roll of 'New P . . . [? Pensions]'. On the right are heaped John's hat, waistcoat, coat, shirt, and wig, with a club inscribed 'Oak'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bleeding John Bull
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement within design: Folios of caricatures lent for the evening., and Watermark: John Hall.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 6th of Feb. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilli [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Phlebotomy, Worms, Medical procedures & techniques, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ministerial phlebotomy, or, Bleeding John Bull [graphic].
2. Gentle emetic [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 January 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.01.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An invalid sits, with contorted features, at a table (left) on which are basin, tea-pot, medicine-bottle, glass. His head is held by a compassionate friend, standing behind him. He wears night-cap, shirt, breeches, and unbuttoned waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., and Temporary local subject terms: Glasses: Tumbler -- Medicine Bottles.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Steet
- Subject (Topic):
- Emetics, Medical procedures & techniques, Basins (Containers), Drinking vessels, Medicines, Bottles, and Teapots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gentle emetic [graphic].
3. Taking physic [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1801.
- Call Number:
- 801.03.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The invalid, unshaven, in a nightcap, and wearing a dressing-gown over unfastened waistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings, stands as in British Museum Satires No. 9584, grimacing with disgust at a cup of medicine, the bottle in his left hand. In place of the fireplace is a table on which are medicine bottles, pill-box, and a small case inscribed 'Tractors', see British Museum Satires No. 9761. Behind him is a commode. A strip of bed-curtain appears on the extreme right. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 9805. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 10304, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., An imitation of Gillray's print of the same title; cf. No. 9584 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Physic -- Medicine bottles -- Pill boxes -- Close stools., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives -- Toilet facilities.
- Publisher:
- Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Laxatives, Tractors, Metallic, Medicines, Medical procedures & techniques, and Sick persons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Taking physic [graphic].
4. Cutting corns [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1818]
- Call Number:
- Print01006
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An adaptation of Gillray's 'Comfort to the Corns', British Museum Satires No. 9585. The old hag is altered to a rather younger woman, the wide hearth to a neat fireplace. The Gothic chair is replaced by a chair with a high cane back (of Charles II period). A cat watches the operation."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an etched version of the same design
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Probably a copy of an etching attributed to George Cruikshank and assigned a date of 1818. Cf. No. 13134 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Corns., and Mounted to 34.2 x 25.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Knives, Feet, Medical procedures & techniques, Cats, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cutting corns [graphic].
5. Cup us 'till the world go round! A. 2, Sc. 7. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Print00764
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Plate from: New readings of old authors : Shakespeare / designed and drawn on stone by the late Robert Seymour. London : Tilt and Bogue, 86, Fleet Street, [1841]., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theater.
- Publisher:
- Tilt and Bogue and Madeley, litho., 3 Wellington St., Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Phlebotomy, Cupping, and Medical procedures & techniques
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cup us 'till the world go round! A. 2, Sc. 7. [graphic]
6. [La figure qui montre à faire la reduction du coude par un lien] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1572]
- Call Number:
- Print01421
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., From: Amboise Paré, Cinq Livres de Chirurgia, Paris: Andre Wechel. 1572., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- André Wechel
- Subject (Topic):
- Dislocations, Orthopedics, Medical procedures & techniques, Beds, Sick persons, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [La figure qui montre à faire la reduction du coude par un lien] [graphic].
7. [The use of a machine in the reduction of a dislocation of the shoulder] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1572]
- Call Number:
- Print01422
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., From: Amboise Paré, Cinq Livres de Chirurgia, Paris: Andre Wechel. 1572., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- André Wechel
- Subject (Topic):
- Dislocations, Orthopedics, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Sick persons, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The use of a machine in the reduction of a dislocation of the shoulder] [graphic].
8. Taking physic [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1801.
- Call Number:
- Print00157
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The invalid, unshaven, in a nightcap, and wearing a dressing-gown over unfastened waistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings, stands as in British Museum Satires No. 9584, grimacing with disgust at a cup of medicine, the bottle in his left hand. In place of the fireplace is a table on which are medicine bottles, pill-box, and a small case inscribed 'Tractors', see British Museum Satires No. 9761. Behind him is a commode. A strip of bed-curtain appears on the extreme right. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 9805. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 10304, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., An imitation of Gillray's print of the same title; cf. No. 9584 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Physic -- Medicine bottles -- Pill boxes -- Close stools., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives -- Toilet facilities., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.5 x 22.0 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Laxatives, Tractors, Metallic, Medicines, Medical procedures & techniques, and Sick persons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Taking physic [graphic].
9. Metallic-tractors [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [11 November 1801]
- Call Number:
- Print00457
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha., 1 print : etching and aquatint with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 31.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 11, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Metallic-tractors [graphic]
10. Gentle emetic [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 January 1804]
- Call Number:
- Print00300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An invalid sits, with contorted features, at a table (left) on which are basin, tea-pot, medicine-bottle, glass. His head is held by a compassionate friend, standing behind him. He wears night-cap, shirt, breeches, and unbuttoned waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local subject terms: Glasses: Tumbler -- Medicine Bottles., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 255 x 192 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Steet
- Subject (Topic):
- Emetics, Medical procedures & techniques, Basins (Containers), Drinking vessels, Medicines, Bottles, and Teapots
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Gentle emetic [graphic].
