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42.
Giving up the ghost or One too many. / [graphic]

Creator:
A.M.D., printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1820]
Call Number:
Print00174
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Giving up the ghost or One too many. / [graphic]

43.
[A pharmacy with patent medicines] [graphic]

Creator:
White, William Johnstone, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 31, 1818.
Call Number:
Print01397
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [A pharmacy with patent medicines] [graphic]

45.
Consultation of physicians [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1817]
Call Number:
Hogarth 817.00.00.24 Box 140
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 s...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Mapp, Sarah, -1737,, Taylor, John, 1703-1772,, Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761,, Taylor, John, 1703-1772., and Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, and Costume
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Consultation of physicians [graphic]

47.
[The quack doctor] [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1814]
Call Number:
Print00237
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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 cust...
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.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The quack doctor] [graphic].

49.
Consultation of physicians [graphic]

Creator:
Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1809.
Call Number:
Print00545
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 s...
Alternative Title:
Company of undertakers
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Consultation of physicians [graphic]

50.
Wonderfully mended should't [sic] have known you again!! / [graphic]

Published / Created:
Novr. 1, 1808.
Call Number:
Print10024
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 a...
Description:
Title from item.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Wonderfully mended should't [sic] have known you again!! / [graphic]

51.
Wonderfully mended should't [sic] have known you again!! / [graphic]

Published / Created:
Novr. 1, 1808.
Call Number:
808.11.01.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 a...
Description:
Title from item.
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wonderfully mended should't [sic] have known you again!! / [graphic]

52.
The sailor and the quack doctor!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807?]
Call Number:
Print01351
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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".
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The sailor and the quack doctor!! [graphic]

53.
The sailor and the quack doctor!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807?]
Call Number:
Print00159
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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".
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The sailor and the quack doctor!! [graphic]

54.
A saadi, or Egyptian quack, curing a sick man by pretending conjurations with serpents [graphic]

Creator:
Wallis, Thomas, -1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1806.
Call Number:
Print00716
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title below image.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A saadi, or Egyptian quack, curing a sick man by pretending conjurations with serpents [graphic]

55.
Metallic-tractors [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
Print00301
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 ...
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Metallic-tractors [graphic].

56.
The tractors [graphic]

Creator:
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
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The tractors [graphic]

57.
[Metallic tractors] [art original].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1801]
Call Number:
Print00302
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 gri...
Description:
Title supplied by curator.
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, and Medical equipment & supplies
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Metallic tractors] [art original].

58.
The quack doctor's prayer!! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 July 1801]
Call Number:
Print10020
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Doctor Rock (Richard Rock 1690-1777) was an itinerant medicine vendor who frequented the London areas of St. Pauls and Covent Garden. He was famous for his "anti-venereal, grand, specifick pill". He was satirise...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690-1777 and Doctor Botherum.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Selling, Drugs, Medicine, Chests, Ducks, Costume, Candelabra, Draperies, Prayer, Quacks, and Patent medicines
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The quack doctor's prayer!! [graphic]

59.
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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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]

60.
Metallic-tractors [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[11 November 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Metallic-tractors [graphic]

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