"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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
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
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, ...
Description:
Title from item.
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
"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 w...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
"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 w...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain