A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from watermark., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "138" in lower left corner., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 144., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2299., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1817.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title below image., Date and place of publication from item., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by C. Brightly & T. Kinnerstey, Bungay
Subject (Topic):
Traditional medicine, Quacks and quackery, Sick persons, Healers, Snake charming, and Children
An obese doctor in a dressing gown and slippers stands in the center looking right at a group of three male patients, all elderly and with diseased and contorted faces. He hands a small bowl to one patient; medical supplies are laid out on the table at his side as well as on the floor near the table. Another patient while another leaves the room leaning on a crutch. In the background two women in obvious pain await their turn; behind them, an open cupboard reveals a skeleton
Description:
Title from item., "One of a set of copies of watercolours by Rowlandson, all with an imitation of his signature and the same imprint"--British Museum online catalogue., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Eady, Dr.
Publisher:
Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Strt
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Pain, Physical characteristics, Physicians, Sick persons, and Skeletons
Title from item., Place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morison's Pills; Proprietary medicines.
Publisher:
Pubd by O Hodgson 111 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Quacks and quackery, Scurvy, Sailors, Pills, Life preservers, Drowning, Medicines, Boats, and Ducks
Title engraved below image., Place of publication and date from item., Title is followed by ten lines of verse., Below verses: Rousseau Epig. X., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Lepicié Graveur du Roi au coin de l'Abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres, Et Chez L. Surugue
Subject (Name):
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spouses, Flirting, Medicine in literature, Medicines, and Sick persons
Title from item., Date from item., Place of publication derived from street address., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bossey, Dr.; Mountebanks.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1,1792 by Wm. Birch, No.2 Macclesfield Street Soho
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, Audiences, and Monkeys
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Trimmed sheet., See: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires in the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 8183, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bossey, Dr.; Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, Spectators, and Monkeys
Title supplied by curator, and printed in Latin, French, and German below image., Printmaker supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death, Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Monkeys, Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Teeth, Extraction, Pickpockets, Crutches, Audiences, Patent medicines, Selling, and Vomiting
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Published in Puck, 7 September 1887., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
J. Ottmann lith. Puck Building N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States and New York (State)
Subject (Name):
McGlynn, Edward, 1837-1900 and George, Henry, 1839-1897
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Drugs, Medicine shows, Working class, Priests, Newspaper vendors, and Politics and government
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's place of residence., Title in Latin and Dutch., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
CI Visscher [monogram] excu
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, and Deception
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Lith. de G. Engelmann
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Tapeworms, Drugs, Parasitology, Medicine shows, Spectators, Dogs, Patent medicines, and Worms
"The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man (left) seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. He wears a night-cap, his hat and wig hang on the back of his chair. A witch-like woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. He is yelling with pain. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains." Poverty is indicated by the untidy bed, a broken casement window, and the character of the chimney-piece, on which is a lighted candle, a tea-pot, and a broken cup. Over it is a print of a man, three quarter length. Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctor -- Medical: Chiropody -- Pin-point spectacles., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Kibe -- Chilblains., 1 print : etching, engraving, and stipple engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 189 x 161 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Below title: "Drainage is to a tree, what proper purging is to the human body.", This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hygeian System; The Lancet; Universal College of Health; Therapeutic cults; Medical fees; Proprietary Remedies; Criticism of Medical Profession.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Medical care, Cost of., Laxatives, Quacks and quackery, Physicians, Medical education, and Trees
Title and date from item., Published: The Illustrated London News, 4 September 1886., Illustration for "The World Went Very Well Then" by Walter Besant., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Quacks and quackery.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine shows, Spectators, Patent medicines, Clowns, Stages (Platforms)., Horses, Mortars & pestles, and Musicians
Title from item., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine., Published: Carlton House Magazine, March 1 1794., Copy after Samuel Collings. See Print00966., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
W. & J. Stratford
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Flirting, Magnets, and Sick persons
Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Description from British Museum website: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock shown standing on the foot board of his chaise in Covent Garden; the horse, somewhat cross-eyed, standing quietly. He is finely dressed and holds a cup in one hand. His medicine chest stands open behind him, and his hat hangs inside the hood of the chaise. To the right of the chaise is a hunchbacked (?) man, possibly Rock's assistant, or toady, under whose arm is a package of books lettered "Dr. Rock 52 ways f[ro]m Ratlife" . Among the the crowd gathered around Rock are, on the left, two soldiers, one with a sword and wearing spatterdashes who may be intended as a blind man, has his hand on the shoulder of a bald man who holds his hat in his hand, gazing distractedly at Rock; behind Rock is a man apparently on horseback; on the right, a pregnant gin seller who has a large open basket slung from her waist in which are glasses and wicker bottles, the basket is lettered "S[an]d[y]'s Public spirit" (a reference to the recent Act of Parliament relaxing the law against gin), a another poorly clad woman with a large fish (?) basket resting against her leg, and a man offering a coin to Rock. To the right of the chaise can be seen the pillar with a sun-dial and globe which stood in Covent Garden market. Below, letterpress text satirising Rock with allusions to contemporary political affairs, including a probable reference to George II's frequent visits to Hanover, described as "an itch for Rambling"., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published April 2d, 1743, according to Act of Parliament, by G. Foster, at the White Horse, on Ludgate-Hill, and G. Bickham in May's-Buildings, Cove[nt-Garden, London--lacking]
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690?-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Great Britain, Politics and government, Physicians, Spectators, Medicine shows, Selling, and Horses
Title below each image., Top print is ca. 1720. Bottom print is 18th century. Dates supplied by curator., Place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Alchemy, Medicines, Scientific equipment, Purses, Rich people, Coal, Dwarfs, Medicine shows, and Physicians
Title derived from caption below image., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Complete caption: The quintessence of quackism, founded principals truly chimerical aetherial magnetical, electrical, & immaterial, & the four quarters of the globe ransak'd to make it ingeniously rediculous. Dedicated to the emperor of quacks, by myself., Description from British Museum: Beneath the design is engraved a musical score with the words of a song. A burlesque representation of the quack doctor James Graham (1745-94), who opened his 'Temple of Health' in the Adelphi in the autumn of 1779. Graham stands full-face; he holds in his mouth the end of the tail of a monkey which sits on his head. The monkey holds out a duck by one leg, which is saying "Quack Quack". Graham holds out in his right hand a circular box inscribed "Æthereal Pills". A medallion hangs round his neck, on which is a woman's head, inscribed "Female Historian". She is Mrs. Catherine Macaulay (see index) whom he treated at Bath, so gaining his first start. He stands between two gigantic men wearing large laced hats and long coats; one, "Gog" (left), in back view, the other, "Magog" (right), stands full-face holding a paper inscribed "Sketch of the Plan of the Temple of Health". These represent the gigantic footmen or porters who were among the attractions of the 'Temple' and who distributed bills advertising the establishment, see BMSat 6346 and Angelo, 'Reminiscences', 1904, i. 97. Between them, and above Graham's head, the words "Hail Wonderous Combination!" are etched. By the left margin of the print, two men are gazing at the spectacle, one clasps his hands in admiration or supplication. On the opposite side is a man grinning with two small boys who laugh and point, one of them a little chimney-sweep with brushes and sack., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs. Oct 30th. 1780. P. Mitchel North Audley St. Grosvenor Sq.
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Physicians, Porters, Monkeys, Chimney sweeps, Musical notation, Childrens, Ducks, and Medals
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morison's Pills; Proprietary medicines.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Quacks and quackery, Then & now comparisons, Billboards, and Sales personnel
Title above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Dr. Samuel Phillips Eady was a notorious quack who claimed he could cure syphilis with mercury., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Eady, Dr.; Nose.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Syphilis, Sick persons, Physicians, and Medical offices
Title below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Below title: What a pestilent knave is this same. Shakespeare., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Mesmerism, Hypnotism, Quacks and quackery, and Physicians
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., George Carroll was a vendor of lottery tickets at No. 7, Cornhill, and No. 26, Oxford Street, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bolus, Dr.; Lottery Puffs.
Publisher:
No.7, Cornhill, and No.26, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Lottery winners, Physicians, Laborers, and Money
Title from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence and language of text., Date supplied by curator., Trimmed within plate mark., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Theatre and Medicine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Molière, 1622-1673.
Subject (Topic):
Pulse, Quacks and quackery, Enema, Physicians, Medicines, and Sick persons
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Actualités. 20., Written in image: h.D. 22., Published in Le Charivari 29 March 1859., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: DeVries, Dr.; Clysters.
Publisher:
Maison Martinet r. Rivoli et 41, r Vivienne and Lith. Destouches Paris
Subject (Name):
Aesculapius (Roman deity). and Hippocrates.
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Quacks and quackery, Physicians, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, and Mortars & pestles
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Written in image: h.D. 116., Series name supplied by curator., Published in Le Charivari, 29 December 1859., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Magnetism., and 1962, Yale Medical Library.
Publisher:
Mon. Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches--Paris
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Hypnotism, Entertainers, Staring, and Rings
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 25 May 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins. 10., In image lower right: 14., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Drugs.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. R du Croissant 16 and Imp d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical fees, Physicians, and Medicines
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 9 October 1843., Below image at left: Chez Pannier & Cie. Edit. R. du Croissant, 16., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 22., In image lower left, reversed: Ch. Jacque 23., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edit. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Employment references, Advertising, Physicians, Servants, and Skulls
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 8 November 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins. 18., In image lower center, reversed: 34., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Oculists; Ophthalmology; Eye disorders.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier Editr. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical fees, Optometrists, Vision disorders, and Medicines
Title from item, in English and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from dedicatory inscription., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original painting dated 1652., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks., and Mounted.
Publisher:
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
Title from item., Date supplied by publisher., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, ca. 1843-1844., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 25., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre; Medical excuses.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edit. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Excuses, Sexual harassment, Diet, Quacks and quackery, Actresses, and Physicians
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 22 September 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 19., In image lower right: 2_5., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edrs. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Compie
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, and Spectators
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Although the text refers to "Doctor S.", which could be Johann Spurzheim, the caricature resembles F. J. Gall., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Spinsters.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles Street Soho
Subject (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Quacks and quackery, Anatomy, Comparative, Single women, Straw hats, Scientists, Wigs, Dogs, and Scientific equipment
"Graham, the well-known quack, stands above and behind a crowd of listeners, all men, some in profile, some in back view, some full-face, the heads and shoulders only being visible, except in the foreground where there is a row of half length figures seated apparently on a bench. The expressions of the audience vary, some look up at the lecturer, others turn their backs, many are grinning. Graham holds a rolled document in one hand as in British Museum Satires No. 6324, &c. The room is lit by a small pendant chandelier with four candles, and by single candles in sconces round the walls."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with year "1785" added in lower right (digit "7" etched backwards). For earlier state lacking year, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.13.7., Possibly a nineteenth-century reissue; cf. A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. 1. no. 12., and Annotation in pencil on verso: Dr. Jas. Graham lecturing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Public speaking, Audiences, Chandeliers, and Sconces
Title from item., Date from Philadelphia Museum of Art., Printmaker supplied by curator., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 19 November 1879., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death; Hydropathy.
Publisher:
Puck
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Hydrotherapy, Homeopathy, Phlebotomy, Skeletons, Audiences, Tambourines, Banjos, Medicines, Ducks, and Concerts
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari 10 May 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 8., In image lower right: 12., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Ink notation verso.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edtr. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Hypnotism, Diagnosis, Quacks and quackery, and Spouses
Title from item., Place of publication from item., Date from copy in Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Library no. 811674i., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
chez Vidal Graveur, rue de la Harpe, au coin de celle Poupee, No. 181
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, City & town life, Spectators, Stages (Platforms)., Quacks & quackery, Dogs, Anchors, Stores & shops, Horses, and Patent medicines
Titles supplied by curator., Date from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dentistry, Teeth, Extraction, Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Pickpockets, and Pain
Title from item., Date from copy in Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number S.252-2018., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
chez Le Bas graveur du Roy, au bas de la rue de la Harpe vis à vis la rue Percée chez un Fayancier
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy).
Subject (Topic):
Fairs, Quacks and quackery, Spectators, Puppet shows, Stages (Platforms)., Quacks & quackery, and Patent medicines
"Long, dressed as a funeral mute or mourner, stands full-face, legs apart, carrying four large boards like a sandwich-man (then "board-man"). Only his draped hat and eyes appear above the central board. In his hand is a staff draped in black which is inscribed 'Killing No Murder' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11371]. At his feet are many ducks, all angrily quacking: 'quack!!'; 'quack!!!'; or (one) 'cruel quack'. He says, quoting a nursery rhyme, 'Come, Dilly, Dilly, Dilly, come and be killed!!!' The principal board is headed 'To the Public', with the Royal Arms. Inscriptions: 'A Receipt of my Grandmothers | Decline Arrested | Consumption prevented | A Cure for all diseases | By The Simple | process of | Skinning Alive | protected by the | NOBILITY | and a House-Full of | Ladies | of the first Distinction | Dr Needy, Harley-Street | NO QUACKERY'. On both flanking boards are a grinning skull and cross-bones inscribed 'momento [sic] mori'; on one (left) are wine-glasses, tankard, and bottle and 'A Short Life and a Merry one'; (right) 'N.B. . Short Accounts make LONG Friends'. Behind is a funeral procession with two coffins, preceded by a duck. This passes the railings of a London square. Behind are houses, on one of which is a hatchment, and a church-steeple on which prances a tiny devil flourishing a trident."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Oracle of Harley Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Second title etched above image: The Oracle of Harley Street., Signed at bottom of plate with the initials "J.D.R." followed by a depiction of an artist's palette., Possibly etched by 'Sharpshooter' (the pseduonym of John Phillips); see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Consumption -- Funerals -- Manslaughter -- Drugs.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Long, John St. John, 1798-1834
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Malpractice, Quacks, Signs (Notices), and Ducks
In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764)., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 38.0 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Candles, Candlesticks, Muffs, and Quacks
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from text within image., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morison's Pills; College of Medicine; Proprietary medicines., and Helfand lists artist as L. Brandard.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Quacks and quackery, Drugs, Quacks, Medicine shows, Then & now comparisons, Vegetables, and Pills
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lockyer, Lionel, 1600?-1672.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spectators, Monkeys, Horses, Selling, Medicine shows, and Patent medicines
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical consultation, Physicians, Medicines, Crutches, and Sick persons
With the Tower of London visible in the background, a quack doctor on a platform holds up a bottle of medicine before a small crowd of city folk, as his assistant passes out handbills. Among the crowd is a carter with his whip, a chimney sweep's boy, and an obese woman. On the platform behind the doctor are several invalids, including a man with a crutch. A sign attached to the platform reads "Doctor Van Cheatall."
Description:
Title from item. and Artist and publisher from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
William Allen
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Sick persons, Quacks, Clothing & dress, Crowds, and City & town life
Title from item., Place of publication derived from language of text., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Theater, Wife abuse, Spouses, Staffs (Sticks)., and Physicians
Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., In margin upper right: No: VIII., "Admirable effet de la Vaccine" pictured in print. See Print01125., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Smallpox vaccine, Quacks and quackery, France, Foreign relations, Anti-vaccination movement, Carriages, Cows, Horses, Medicine shows, Soldiers, Children, and Turkeys
A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. The sailor describes his medical history in nautical terms. He refers to a skeleton suspended in a cupboard as the doctor's "messmate". and "Sailor and quack face each other in a consulting room. The sailor (left) has a clumsy bandage over forehead, one eye, and left cheek; he is dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 10894; under his arm is a cudgel, and in his hand a paper headed 'List of Cures'. Behind him (left) is an open cupboard containing a tall skeleton with goggling eye-sockets. With forefinger raised, warily pugnacious, he says: "You must know Doctor I have got a bit of a Confusion on my larboard cheek from a chance shot, and as I dont think it of consequence enough for our Ship's surgeon, I bore down to you, after overhauling a long list of your cures - but I suppose front the messmate in the Cabin there, you dont always make a return of the Killed and Wounded?" The doctor, in old-fashioned dress and wig, leans towards him with extended forefinger, saying, "Sir, my rule of practice is this, there is pen, ink, and paper, - sign a certificate of your cure, and I'll take you in hand immediately on paying down two Guineas!" A table with writing materials stands against the wall; on the floor is a crudely patterned carpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Skeleton, Costume, Sailors, Jargon (Terminology), Medical equipment & supplies, Nightsticks, Quacks, Skeletons, and Writing materials
A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. The sailor describes his medical history in nautical terms. He refers to a skeleton suspended in a cupboard as the doctor's "messmate". and "Sailor and quack face each other in a consulting room. The sailor (left) has a clumsy bandage over forehead, one eye, and left cheek; he is dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 10894; under his arm is a cudgel, and in his hand a paper headed 'List of Cures'. Behind him (left) is an open cupboard containing a tall skeleton with goggling eye-sockets. With forefinger raised, warily pugnacious, he says: "You must know Doctor I have got a bit of a Confusion on my larboard cheek from a chance shot, and as I dont think it of consequence enough for our Ship's surgeon, I bore down to you, after overhauling a long list of your cures - but I suppose front the messmate in the Cabin there, you dont always make a return of the Killed and Wounded?" The doctor, in old-fashioned dress and wig, leans towards him with extended forefinger, saying, "Sir, my rule of practice is this, there is pen, ink, and paper, - sign a certificate of your cure, and I'll take you in hand immediately on paying down two Guineas!" A table with writing materials stands against the wall; on the floor is a crudely patterned carpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 245 x 347 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Skeleton, Costume, Sailors, Jargon (Terminology), Medical equipment & supplies, Nightsticks, Quacks, Skeletons, and Writing materials
"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
Title from item., Date derived from publisher's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from street address., On the floor is a note saying: I purge I bleed I sweat em; Then if they Die I let em., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. by McCleary, 32, Nassau Street
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Death, Death (Personification)., Dead persons, Physicians, Undertakers, Skeletons, Coffins, Medicines, and Chamber pots
Title from item., Date derived from artist's date of death, Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Magnetism.
Publisher:
A. de Vresse, r. Rivoli, 55 and Lith. Destouches, r. Paradis Pre 28
Subject (Topic):
Zouaves, Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Hypnotism, Soldiers, and Tubas
Title from item., Place of publication from item., In image: h.D. 140., Date supplied by curator., Above image: Actualités 140., In image lower right: 120., Published in Le Charivari, 24 January 1860., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married Life.
Publisher:
Maison Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches, 28, R. Paradis Pre Paris
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Hypnotism, Marriage, Quacks and quackery, Spouses, Costumes, and Sleeping
"A fashionable dentist is extracting the teeth of the poor in order to insert 'live teeth' immediately into the jaws of his patients. In the centre a young chimney-sweep sits in an arm-chair, over the back of which the dentist leans, holding the boy's head, and inserting an instrument into his mouth. Next (left) a lady sits in a similar chair watching the sweep with a pained and angry expression; she holds a smelling-bottle to her nose; she has just endured an extraction and is about to receive a transplantation. On the right a good-looking young lady leans back, her fists clenched in pain, while a spectacled dentist peers closely into her face, placing his instrument in her mouth. Behind her a lean, ugly, and elderly man wearing regimentals stands in profile to the right, holding a mirror in which he inspects his mouth with a dissatisfied expression. On the left a ragged boy and girl are leaving the room, both crying with pain: the girl inspects the coin in her hand. On the door is a placard: 'Most Money Given for live Teeth'. A placard on the wall is headed by a coronet and two ducks, indicating quackery: 'Baron Ron------Dentist to her High Mightiness the Empress of Russia'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 6760."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state of a plate that was reissued in 1790, at which time Harris's imprint was burnished out and replaced with that of William Holland. Cf. No. 7766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Tooth extraction -- Tooth transplant -- Baron Roh...*.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1787 by J. Harris, No. 37 Dean St., Soho
Subject (Topic):
Dentistry, Teeth, Extraction, Donation of organs, tissues, etc, Quacks and quackery, Poor persons, Chimney sweeps, Pain, Dental equipment & supplies, Chairs, and Signs (Notices)
Title etched at bottom of plate., Printmaker based on similar plates by Rowlandson, likewise published by Ackermann in 1799. See nos. 9488-9492 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Design consists of three strips arranged horizontally with various scenes, each row with an imprint etched at bottom center. The plate number is etched above the top row, centered., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of top two rows of design and plate numbering. Description based on impression at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.: 59.533.1268., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 10.3 x 18.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with significant loss of text and image. Only the center scene in the middle row of design is present, along with the imprint below. This scene shows a mountebank on a stage addressing a crowd, with the dialogue "The noted Doctor Humbug - cures all disorders incident to the human body!" etched within image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication derived from style of print., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Children, Country life, Sheep, Spectators, Medicine shows, Peddlers, and Stages (Platforms).
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., After title: Transcription pour Piano; par Edouard Dorn; Entd Stat Hall; West End Branch Fouberts Place Regent Street; Offenbach, Joh. Andre; Brighton Branch Palace Place; Solo Pr. 3/-; Duet Pr. 4/-., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks; Clysters.
Publisher:
Augener & Co. 86 Newgate Street
Subject (Name):
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. and Offenbach, Johann André.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spectators, Quacks & quackery, Carts & wagons, Mules, Country life, and Medicine shows
Title from item., Date and country of origin supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Hides & skins, Owls, and Spectators
Title from item., Date from copy in British Museum., Part of image after Marcellus Laroon., Description from the British Museum copy: A satiricial broadside on Hans Buling, a Dutch mountebank in London; with an engraving partly after Marcellus Laroon, showing an interior with the quack doctor Buling on the left, bearded and dressed in an elaborate costume with cape, a broad collar and soft-brimmed hat, holding in his right hand a sheet of paper, in his left a small medicine bottle, at his feet to the left a medical chest, bottles, spatulas, and at his feet to his right a monkey; in the right background a curtain from which a Merry Andrew emerges, dressed in a Harlequin costume; with engraved title and verses in two columns., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buling, Hand, active approximately 1670-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medical equipment and supplies, Medicine shows, Monkeys, and Clowns
Pencil notation verso: Q is for Quacksalber ... from [...] Albrecht, [illegible book title], Nurnberg 1776., Probably from: Johann Christoph Albrecht, Schön-Schreib Kunst, Nuremberg: Johann Andreas Endter, 1776., Sheet is trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title etched below image., Date derived from subject., Place of publication from item., In margin lower right: Déposée à la Bibliothèque Natale., In margin upper right: No.13., Eight lines of verse about vaccination vs. inoculation are on either side of title., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Inoculation controversy; Infectious diseases.
Publisher:
chez Dépeuille Rue des Mathurins Sorbonne aux deux Pilastres d'Or
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Smallpox vaccine, Quacks and quackery, France, Foreign relations, Anti-vaccination movement, Carriages, Cows, Horses, Medicine shows, Soldiers, Children, Turkeys, Dogs, and Spectators
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Print appears to be from an illustrated alphabet., In margin bottom right: OSSO H [?]., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Children, Medicine shows, Clowns, Monkeys, and Spectators
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from language of text., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blackface, Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Country life, Horses, and Donkeys
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from language of text., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blackface, Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Country life, Horses, and Donkeys
"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
Weydtmans, Nicolaes Jansz., approximately 1570-1642, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1642]
Call Number:
Print01212
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Operation for stones in the head
Description:
Dutch title from item. Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stones, head; Charlatans.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Head, Surgery, Folly, Mentally ill persons, Surgical instruments, and Rocks
Weydtmans, Nicolaes Jansz., approximately 1570-1642, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1642]
Call Number:
Print00013
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Operation for stones in the head
Description:
Dutch title from item. Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stones, head; Charlatans.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Head, Surgery, Folly, Mentally ill persons, Surgical instruments, and Rocks
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[16 September 1802]
Call Number:
Print01325
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An operator treating Ann Ford, a society lady, with "Perkins's tractors", for her venomous tongue and "An old maid is tied by arms and ankles to an armchair while an operator applies 'metallic tractors' to her tongue, using both hands. An iron clamp holds her head steady. She wears old-fashioned dress with a laced stomacher. From the doctor's pocket projects a paper: 'Fores [partly obliterated] Operator'. Rays of flame dart from the victim's tongue: 'Half-Hints', 'Innuendoes', 'Hypochrisy', 'Envy', 'Scandal', 'Detraction', 'Malignity'. Three young girls watch from the left: they say: "good Heavens? could you suppos my Aunt had such an envenomed Tongue"; "oh yes my dear there are many more such in our Town, if this good man cures all such Tongues he will deserve a Statue"; "Yes and all our young Friends I am sure will subscribe liberally". The room is that of the patient: on the right is a round table where spectacles have just been laid down; on it are writing materials, a large 'Bible', and a paper: 'Mem - not to forget at Miss Magpy's Tea party the hints respecting the Young Miss Tumid also the round appearance of Mrs Generous who was married last Week. Particulars Insinuate how Miss Lively lives so genteel When we cannot find out what resources she has------to take Care I do for Miss Bold who insolently said she did not believe the story of Miss Virtues Slip.' Beside it an open cupboard, with bunch of keys in the lock, shows decanters of 'Ratafia', 'Peppermint', and 'Caraway', four books: 'Duty of Man', 'Eloise', 'Sermons', 'Glass Cookery', and a large bottle of 'Nig' [gin], a flagon of 'Cherry Brandy', and a glass. A low screen with half-panels has on one leaf a flaming globe inscribed 'Observe the End'; the ray of 'Half-Hints' strikes the flames. On the screen sits a parrot. On a chair (left) a cat suckles kittens."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening"--Below imprint statement., Text below image, on either side of title: A new discovered virtue in these invaluable operators most cordially recommended to the public at large and to Dr. Perkins in in [sic] particular as a likely means of preventing more murder than all the poenal statutes., The print contains three pieces of dialogue., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 16, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810. and Thicknesse, Ann, 1737-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical instruments and apparatus, Costume, History, and House furnishings
Title supplied by curator., Date from item., Place of publication from British Museum information about publisher., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W.J. White
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Pharmacists, Patent medicines, Death, Drugstores, Skeletons, Blind persons, Crutches, Sick persons, Scales, Children, Dogs, and Rats
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1795]
Call Number:
Print00056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Souls and bodies, cured without loss of time!
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in grey ink., Original work created: ca. 1795., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1834.
Call Number:
Print01361
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Central scene shows rivalry between doctors and their respective quack remedies. A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs. Beneath are a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. The scenes below show 'a few specimens of the public in general!!', while the six scenes at the bottom begin with a fat woman tending pots at a stove, 'Ruling the roost', and end with a black boxer in 'Drama. The miller & his men' and Each scene is subtitled starting top with 'sudden breaking up of a consultation' and ending bottom right with 'Drama. The miller & his men'. There is numerous lettering in the main central scene including top left: 'I say the man is in the last stage of consumption thro' a too frequent supply of Morrison's Pills instead of Leakes sillybrated pills, which would have saved his life'. In response another salesman replies: 'It's false fellow the 'vegetables' rallied him but taking a box of your rubbish afterwards threw him back'. Another vendor exclaims: 'You have completely ruin'd the patient with your vile sovereign remedies in short you've kill'd him - then he can't swallow any more of your patent quack medicines.- You have totally deprived him of his sense of hearing - then he won't hear your gammon in the shape of advice - you have destoryed his olfactory nerves - then he wont be able to smell your horrid physic - you have glinded him with your deadly narcotics - then he can't see any more of your imposing long bills - you have deprived him of his speech - then he can't call you a humbug - in short Dr Long you have destroyed all his organs of sense - then you can no longer play upon his credibility'. Other doctors mentioned in the lettering include 'Dr Jardan and his universal balm' and 'Dr Solomons' (Dr Samuel Solomon, inventor of the Balm of Gilead).
Description:
Title from text beneath largest image at top of sheet., Largest image is signed in lower left corner with C.J. Grant's initials., Possibly published by John Kendrick, who issued other numbers of Every body's album & caricature magazine., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of all text and additional images beneath largest image at top. Description based on a more perfect impression in the Wellcome Library, no. 640599i., "Continued every fortnight"--Following date., "In mercy spare us if we do our best, to make as much waste paper as the rest"--Beneath date., "6d. plain, 1s. colourd."--Upper right., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Drugs -- Morrison's Pills -- Leake's Pills -- Jardan., and Sheet trimmed to 216 x 272 mm.
Publisher:
J. Kendrick?
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840., Solomon, Samuel, -approximately 1818., and Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, and Tablets (Medicine)
Title supplied by curator., From British Museum website: Hans Buling. Dutch mountebank and actor in London in the 1670s., Date and place of publication derived from British Museum information., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks; Buling, Hans.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, Quacks & quackery, and Fools & jesters
"A quack doctor (right) stands outside his house surrounded by a pyramid of bottles inscribed 'Velnos Syrup', one of which he holds up, demonstrating its virtues with a complacent smile to a band of rival practitioners (left) who are furiously threatening his barricade. Behind his head is inscribed : 'List of Cures \ In 1788,5,000 \ In 1789, 10,000'. The house is at the corner of 'Frith Street'; it has a porch inscribed in large letters 'Mr Swainson N. 21'. A surgeon threatens Swainson with a knife, raising also a leg to kick. A second surgeon kneels on one knee, also holding a knife and glaring ferociously; beside him is a basket of surgeon's instruments. Behind him is a man who directs an enormous syringe at the self-satisfied Swainson. An old man wearing spectacles holds up a 'Pill Box'. These assailants are dominated by a very stout man in the rear who holds up a pestle in one hand, in the other a mortar inscribed 'Mercury the only Specific'. Above his head is poised a nude Mercury holding a caduceus and urging on the attacking force."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vegetable intrenchment and Vegetable entrenchment
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary medicines -- Velnos Syrup.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Swainson, Isaac, 1746-1812
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Interpersonal confrontation, Physicians, Mercury, Patent medicines, Bottles, Sculpture, Medical equipment & supplies, and Mortars & pestles
Title from item., Printmaker supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, 5 November 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins. 23., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Nervous disorders.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier Editr. R. du Croissant, 16, Chez Aubert, Pl de la Bourse, 29., and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Therapeutics, Shopping, Theater, Spouses, and Physicians
Title from item., From: Johann de Bry, Emblemate saecularis, Francofort: J.T. and J.I. de Bry, 1596., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stones, head; Psychiatry., and Inscription lower right rubbed out on print.
Publisher:
J.T. and J.I de Bry
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Mental illness, Tools & equipment, Quacks & quackery, Owls, Mentally ill persons, and Rocks
Title from item., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 28 August 1881., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, U.S.A.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894. and Tanner, James, 1844-1927
Subject (Topic):
Pensions, Disabled veterans, Quacks and quackery, Polilticians, Disabled persons, Healing, Money, Peg legs, Crutches, and Politics and government
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence, In pencil lower margin: Ostade; J. Smith sculp., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Quacks, Spectators, and Children
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from creators' nationalities., Published: Attic Miscellany I: 121., Sheet trimmmed within plate mark with loss of artist's inscriptions. Information is supplied from copy in the Wellcome Collection., Attic Miscellany I, p. 121., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Magnets, Sick persons, Dogs, Urination, Snuff, and Quacks & quackery
James Morison promoting his alternative medicines; satirised by five vignettes of a fox among geese. The central image is that of a street scene outside the London and British Colleges of Health: James Morison is presented as a fox standing on a box of 'Universal vegetable pills' surrounded by geese, who represent the public; he says "My 'Universal pills' are quite divine! If one don't do, you may take nine." and "Various humorous images of foxes and geese comprising (clock-wise from top left); a fox dressed as an eighteenth century fop offering a glass to a goose wearing a bonnet; a fox butcher, standing outside his shop and offering a dead goose to a vixen dressed in a shawl and bonnet, other poultry hanging outside; a fox in militray uniform and playing on a drum, leading a column of geese; a fox preaching to a congregation of geese; the large central image; a fox in a smart tailcoat advertising his 'Universal Vegetable Pills' to an interested gathering of geese; the 'British College of Health' and the 'London College of Health' beyond, the latter with two well-dressed foxes drinking on a balcony, observed by a crowd of geese (lettered below image "The Fox and Goose"; a short poem or song following)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched beneath large central image., Dimensions from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1859,0316.518., "Illustration to the third volume of Cruikshank's 'My Sketchbook' (1834)"--British Museum online catalogue., See further: Transactions of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy, London 1974, v. 1, no. 3., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary remedies -- Morison's Pills., 1 print : etching ; sheet 12.5 x 15.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of all design and text apart from large central image and the title "The fox and the goose" beneath it.
Publisher:
George Cruikshank
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Alternative medicine, Quacks and quackery, Human behavior, Animal models, Patent medicines, Foxes, Geese, and Animals in human situations
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
3d January 1774.
Call Number:
Print00197
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two quack doctors (left) are having a heated altercation in a street or square outside their respective houses. From the corner of a house on the left hangs a sign, "Dr Walker's veritable antiscorbutic Pills. Beware of Impostors". From the house on the right. a sign projects, "True antiscorbutic Pills". The doctors wear large wigs and swords, and carry three-cornered hats. One (left) holds in his hand a medicine-bottle; behind them are two dogs fighting. Their wives (right) are fighting violently; one (left) has seized the other by the hair and is kicking her. Behind them (right) two cats with arched backs are spitting at each other. In the upper part of the print (center) is a shield with two ducks, and beneath is the motto: "Quack Quack Quack".
Description:
Title etched below image., Number "3" in "3d" in imprint is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When once you've told & cant recall a lye, boldly percist [sic] in't or your fame will die. Learn this ye wives, with unrelenting claws, or right or wrong, assert your husbands cause., Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctors -- Medicine: Dr. Walker's antiscorbutic pills., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life., and 1 print : etching with drypoint ; plate mark 237 x 303 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Quacks, Anger, and Marriage
A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Alternative Title:
Company of undertakers
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 144., Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1736. Cf. No. 2299 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 144., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Criticism of the medical profession -- Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Mapp, Sarah, -1737,, Taylor, John, 1703-1772,, and Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761,
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, Costume, Medical equipment & supplies, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Rowe & Waller 49 Fleet St.
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Quacks and quackery, Skulls, Heads (Anatomy)., and Queues
Title from item, in English and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from dedicatory inscription., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original painting dated 1652., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks., and Mounted.
Publisher:
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
Halbou, Louis Michel, 1730-approximately 1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1784]
Call Number:
Print10091
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date derived from publisher's date of death., Place of publication from item., Below title are eight lines of verse., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un Md. Bonnetier au Soleil d'Or
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Women in medicine, Drugs, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Children, and Medals
Title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., Date from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Drugs, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, and Quacks & quackery
Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Rowe & Waller 49 Fleet St.
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Quacks and quackery, Skulls, Heads (Anatomy)., and Queues
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Teeth, Extraction, Medicine shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Dentistry, Clowns, Patent medicines, Ladders, and Snakes
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Pencil notation: Cambridge published by W. Mason., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Phrenology, Public speaking, Skulls, and Audiences
Title supplied by curator., Date derived by curator from date of original work., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Stamp verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Country life, Children, Spectators, and Patent medicines
Title etched below image., From: Bartolomeo Pinelli, Nuova Raccolta de cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incise all'acqua forte. Roma, 1816., Below image at right: 43., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Crowds, Snakes, and Amulets
Title etched below image., Place of publication from copy in British Museum., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Physicians caricatured., and Hand-colored.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Enema, Pills, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Bones (Anatomy)., Medical equipment & supplies, and Physicians
Title etched below image., Place of publication from copy in British Museum., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Physicians caricatured.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Enema, Pills, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Bones (Anatomy)., Medical equipment & supplies, and Physicians
"An apothecary's shop, the walls covered by jars closely ranged on shelves, a stuffed fish hanging from the ceiling. Behind a curtain (right) Death, wearing an apron, pounds at a mortar of 'slow Poison', looking gleefully in a mirror to watch the customers. The fat quack compounds medicines at the counter. A grotesque crowd of agonized patients enters through a doorway (left) inscribed 'Apothecaries Hall'. Two sit in arm-chairs. The jars are 'Canthar[ides]', 'Arsnic', 'Opium', 'Nitre', 'Vitriol', 'Elixir', with (right) 'Restorativ Drops'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
I have a secret art to cure each malady, which men endure
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: I have a secret art to cure / each malady, which men endure., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 85., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death -- Pharmacy, interior -- Apothecaries.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1- 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Quacks and quackery, Skeletons, Interiors, Drugstores, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Sick persons, Medicines, Shelving, Containers, and Mirrors
Title derived by curator from duck depicted saying "Quack" drawn in ink at lower left., "C[al]eb[?] Cammon '65" written in ink at top., Artist's initials at lower right., Date derived from artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A fat man (right), seated in an armchair, undergoes an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The thin operator (left) holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) to his nose. The seated man grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and winces in pain
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Gillray from curator., Date inferred from that of the related print., For Gillray's print of similar design that was published in 1801 by H. Humphrey, see no. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha.
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, and Medical equipment & supplies
"From the bustle and life visible on all sides it would seem that the period is fair-time, when the rustics and agricultural population of the vicinity in general flock into the town, holiday-making. A travelling mountebank has established his theatre in the market place; the person of the ingenious charlatan is decked out in a fine court dress, with bag wig, powder, sword, and laced hat complete, the better to excite the respect of his audience; he is holding forth on the marvellous properties ascribed to the nostrums which he is seeking to palm off on the simple villagers as wonder-working elixirs; while his attendants, Merry Andrew and Jack Pudding, are going through their share of the performance. One branch of the mountebank physician's profession was the drawing of teeth; an unfortunate sufferer is submitting himself to the hands of the empiric's assistant. The rural audience is stolidly contemplating the antics of the party, without being particularly moved by Dr. Botherum's imposing eloquence, these vagabond scamps being frequently clever rogues, blessed with an inexhaustible fund of bewildering oratory, and witty repartee at glib command. Leaving the quack, we find plentiful and suggestive materials to employ the humourist's skilful graver scattered around. In the centre, a scene of jealousy is displayed; the beguilements of a portly butcher are prevailing against the assumed privileges of a slip-shod tailor, who is seemingly tempted to have recourse to his sheers, to cut the amorous entanglement summarily asunder. On the left, the promiscuous and greedy feeding associated with 'fairings,' is going busily forward, and on the opposite side are exhibited all the drolleries which can be got out of a Jew pedlar, his pack, the diversified actions of customers he is trying to tempt with his wares, and the bargains for finery into which the fair and softer sex are vainly trying to beguile the cunning Hebrew on their own accounts. It seems probable that Rowlandson in his print of Doctor Botherum may have had a certain Doctor Bossy in his eye, a German practitioner of considerable skill, who enjoyed a comfortable private practice, said to have been the last of the respectable charlatans who exhibited in the British metropolis. This benevolent empiric, as Angelo informs us, dispensed medicines and practised the healing art, publicly and gratuitously on a stage, his booth being erected weekly in the midst of Covent-Garden Market, where the mountebank, handsomely dressed and wearing a gold-laced cocked hat, arrived in his chariot with a liveried servant behind. According to the old custom, the itinerant quack-doctor, with his attendant gang, was as constant a visitor at every market-place as the pedlar with his pack."--Grego
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse below image, six on either side of title: High o'er the gaping crowd, on market day, while Andrew drolls the blockheads pence away ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks -- Tooth Extraction -- Dr. Bossey., and 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; sheet 373 x 433 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 6 March 1800 at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Teeth, Extraction, Jews, City & town life, Plazas, Medicine shows, Audiences, Crowds, Peddlers, and Butchers
Title in ink center bottom., Artist's name and date in ink lower left., Sepia drawing verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
3d January 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two quack doctors (left) are having a heated altercation in a street or square outside their respective houses. From the corner of a house on the left hangs a sign, "Dr Walker's veritable antiscorbutic Pills. Beware of Impostors". From the house on the right. a sign projects, "True antiscorbutic Pills". The doctors wear large wigs and swords, and carry three-cornered hats. One (left) holds in his hand a medicine-bottle; behind them are two dogs fighting. Their wives (right) are fighting violently; one (left) has seized the other by the hair and is kicking her. Behind them (right) two cats with arched backs are spitting at each other. In the upper part of the print (center) is a shield with two ducks, and beneath is the motto: "Quack Quack Quack".
Description:
Title etched below image., Number "3" in "3d" in imprint is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When once you've told & cant recall a lye, boldly percist [sic] in't or your fame will die. Learn this ye wives, with unrelenting claws, or right or wrong, assert your husbands cause., Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctors -- Medicine: Dr. Walker's antiscorbutic pills., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life., Mounted on page 89 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 23.7 x 30.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Quacks, Anger, and Marriage
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari 10 May 1843., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 8., In image lower right: 12., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edtr. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Hypnotism, Diagnosis, Quacks and quackery, and Spouses
"The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man (left) seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. He wears a night-cap, his hat and wig hang on the back of his chair. A witch-like woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. He is yelling with pain. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains." Poverty is indicated by the untidy bed, a broken casement window, and the character of the chimney-piece, on which is a lighted candle, a tea-pot, and a broken cup. Over it is a print of a man, three quarter length. Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctor -- Medical: Chiropody -- Pin-point spectacles., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Kibe -- Chilblains.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
3d January 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.01.03.02+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two quack doctors (left) are having a heated altercation in a street or square outside their respective houses. From the corner of a house on the left hangs a sign, "Dr Walker's veritable antiscorbutic Pills. Beware of Impostors". From the house on the right. a sign projects, "True antiscorbutic Pills". The doctors wear large wigs and swords, and carry three-cornered hats. One (left) holds in his hand a medicine-bottle; behind them are two dogs fighting. Their wives (right) are fighting violently; one (left) has seized the other by the hair and is kicking her. Behind them (right) two cats with arched backs are spitting at each other. In the upper part of the print (center) is a shield with two ducks, and beneath is the motto: "Quack Quack Quack".
Description:
Title etched below image., Number "3" in "3d" in imprint is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When once you've told & cant recall a lye, boldly percist [sic] in't or your fame will die. Learn this ye wives, with unrelenting claws, or right or wrong, assert your husbands cause., Temporary local subject terms: Quack doctors -- Medicine: Dr. Walker's antiscorbutic pills., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life., Mounted to 32 x 43 cm., Watermark: L.V.G., and Some ink wash added as additional shading to figures' clothing.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Quacks, Anger, and Marriage