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Emetics

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  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • A woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
  • A doctor waiting for his patient to vomit after administering an emetic. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1800.
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    On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

    Gairdner, William, 1793-1867. | Date: MDCCCLIV [1854]
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    Nature and effects of emetics, purgatives, mercurials, and low diet, in disorders of Bengal and similar latitudes / by John Peter Wade.

    Wade, John Peter, -1802. | Date: 1792
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    An experimental investigation of the physiological action of saline cathartics / by Matthew Hay.

    Hay Matthew. | Date: 1884
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    A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.

    Sneyd, John. | Reference: 12038i
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    A small child attempts to ask a pharmacist for some ipecacuanha, but only succeeds in babbling excrementally. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

    | Reference: 17208i
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