"A fat old woman leans back in an armchair, her left leg thrust forward. She pulls up her petticoat to display the bare leg, on which is a running sore, to an aged doctor (right), who bends over it, holding his spectacles to his eyes. Her desperate plight is apparent in the fixed stare with which she looks up and to the right. By her side (left) is a bottle and glass. A pretty young courtesan, resting her left arm on the back of the chair, leans forward to hold a candle above the leg."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state
Description:
Title from text below image., Early state, before imprint added in lower margin. For a later state with imprint "Pubd. 1st June 1785 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marybone Street, Golden Sqr.", see Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810132., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate reissued by publisher S.W. Fores in 1792; see no. 8197 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 311-12., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skin lesions.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Skin, Diseases, Courtesans, Physicians, Candles, Eyeglasses, and Obesity
Title from item., Date from copy in Wellcome Collection, website viewed 7/25/2023: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/c79rckbf, G. Baldwin was based at 77 Walworth Road, London. It is still in business at 173 Walworth Road., Product claims: cures blackheads, pimples, blotches, boils, scurvy, irritation of the skin, bad legs., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
G. Baldwin
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Skin, Diseases, Scurvy, and Acne
Title from item., Date from William H. Helfand Collection archive., Place of publication derived from text., Poster text: The great cure of eczema, erysipelas, herpes, nettlerash, itch, bad legs, old sores, cuts. It is healing, soothing and antiseptic. Alexander Sherriffs M.P.S. Chemist, Troon, and of all chemists., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
A.S.T. copyright design
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Skin, Diseases, Eczema, Erysipelas, Herpesvirus diseases, and Sheriffs
Title, date, and publisher from item., In lower margin: Bureau National 1, avenue Stephen Pichon 75013 Paris - Tél. 01.44.06.80.80., In right margin: Imp. Lefrancq - 49440 Candé - Août 97., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Ligue nationale contre le cancer and Août 97 [August 1997].
Subject (Topic):
Skin, Cancer, Etiology, Prevention, Mountaineering, Aquatic sports, Farming, Construction workers, and Fishing
Man with a huge lobulated tumor of the face and head. Satellite lesions on his left chest
Alternative Title:
Case No. 5119 and Wang Waekae
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, May 1838 -- May 1839, p. 102-103: No. 5119, Tumor of the skin. Wang Waekae of Kaouyaou, aged 45, a man of doubtful character had numerous small tumors of the skin, of a light flesh color and a smooth shining surface, situated about the arms, breast and neck. In the latter position one had attained a great size, hanging pendulous from his left ear, to which it was attached by a peduncle of two inches diameter, to an almost immovable base formed by a similar disease of the skin, an inch thick, extending over the mastoid process and upwards and backwards over five or six square inches. Both the base and the pendulous portion were traversed by small ducts, discharging fetid pus at the surface. The patient expressed a wish to have the large mass removed, but was impatient if the other were touched. Considering the age of the man it seemed inexpedient to remove the firm base, but it was easy to extinct the unsightly jewel that hung dangling upon his breast, impeding his labor. His wishes were compiled with. On the 23rd May the operation was performed in a very short time. In the center of the neck of the tumor, was a cluster of small arteries, eight of which required a ligature. (...) The tumor weighed four pounds. (...) The singular appearance of this man excited strong suspicions, particularly with his countrymen that he might belong to a band of ruffians. His eyes were usually fixed upon the ground, his manners were most forbidding, and his answers to questions brief as possible. He bore with great impatience the necessary dressings upon the tumor, and repeatedly removed them at his option against the strictest injunctions, and was daily restless to be away though he was provided with things necessary for his comfort. On the tenth day the ligatures came away, soon after the patient disappeared and has not been heard of since. The manner of his absconding (...) strengthens the suspicions that he was a bad man, and but little accustomed to the civilities he received and witnesses at the hospital., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Title and printer from item., Date is difficult to determine, as this design was used for decades., Product advertised is a non-starch baby powder, possibly talc., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Imp. F. Degrève Claessens. Seur. Bruxelles
Subject (Topic):
Infants, Health and hygiene, Skin, Inflammation, Erythema, and Powders
A scene inside an apothecary’s shop, with a surprised looking apothecary standing behind the counter serving a shifty looking male customer wearing a Scottish bonnet cap and tartan trousers. Behind the counter is a labelled drug run (a set of drawers for storing medicinal ingredients) and labelled drug jars (for storing prepared medicines); on and in front of the counter are pestles and mortars. The shop has carboys and drug jars on display in the windows to the right. The apothecary holds a plaster iron in his hand and is in the process mixing a preparation. See: Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum online, Attitudes to Health Collection, Reference 997.17.7.
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of dialogue etched below title: Please Dockthar to gee me a baubee's worth o' brimstane, its no for mysel but for anither gentleman thats outside., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior.
Title from item., Date from copy in Wellcome Collection, website viewed 7/25/2023: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/c79rckbf, G. Baldwin was based at 77 Walworth Road, London. It is still in business at 173 Walworth Road., Product claims: A powerful remedy for exzema, scurvy, scrofula, pimples, blood poisoning, irritation of the skin., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
G. Baldwin
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Cinchona bark, Scurvy, Skin, Diseases, and Septicemia
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printer's date of death., Place of publication derived from printer's nationality., 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: Anatomy in Art.
Publisher:
Phls. Galle excudit
Subject (Name):
Marsyas (Satyr). and Apollo (Deity).
Subject (Topic):
Flaying (Torture) in art, Human anatomy, Mythology, Greek, Gods, Violins, Panpipes, Knives, and Skin
