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  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • M.F. du Chêne miraculously cured from a variety of ailments (dropsy, hemorrhaging, aches, and a disease of the lung) all interelated (?), at the tomb of F. de Paris. Engraving.
  • M.F. du Chêne miraculously cured from a variety of ailments (dropsy, hemorrhaging, aches and a disease of the lung) all inter-related (?), at the tomb of F. de Paris. Engraving.
  • The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.
  • Seven medical conditions humourously illustrated. Reproduction of an etching.
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    A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21623i
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    M.F. du Chêne miraculously cured from a variety of ailments (dropsy, hemorrhaging, aches, and a disease of the lung) all interelated (?), at the tomb of F. de Paris. Engraving.

    | Reference: 18543i
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    The surgical treatment of portal hypertension, bleeding esophageal varices and ascites / by M. Judson Mackby.

    Mackby, M. Judson (Maxwell Judson), 1914- | Date: [1960], ©1960
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    Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de ascite abdominali ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Gulielmus Spooner.

    Spooner, Gulielmus, 1760-1836. | Date: 1785
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    Dissertatio medica inauguralis de hydrope ascite / Quam ... ex auctoritate ... rectoris ... Jacobi Gronovii ... nec non ... senatûs academici consensu et ... facultatis medicae decreto pro gradu doctoratus ... in medicina ... publicae censurae submittit Henricus van Sittert.

    Sittert, Henricus van. | Date: 1703
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