Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[July 1827]
Call Number:
Print01056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. A scrawny and an obese dog play next to the doctor's stool and bucket. On the wall...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by William Cole, Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Obesity, Therapeutics, Stomach-pump, Costume, History, Medical equipment & supplies, Medical procedures & techniques, Pails, Dogs, Mirrors, and Stools
Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. In the left scene, the man stands outside a tavern with its fascia lettered "Cordials & compounds" and...
Alternative Title:
Love, law, & physic and Love, law, and physic
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 28th, 1821, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Prostitutes' customers, Prostitution, Taverns (Inns), Gas street lamps, Debt, Debtor and creditor, Collecting of accounts, Physicians, Physician and patient, Patients, Nurses, Muffs, and Drugstores
Public health, Communicable diseases, Prevention, Leprosy, Patients, Injections, Hypodermic, Physicians, Sick persons, Medical offices, and Then & now comparisons
"A sickly goose, lying in an armchair, surrounded by anthropomorphic pill bottles, medicine bottles of other remedies, each recommending themself as the cure."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
David Bogue
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Alternative medicine, Human behavior, Animal models, Physicians, Patients, Hydrotherapy, Geese, Animals in human situations, Patent medicines, and Bottles
