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A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.

A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

The healthy eating programme : an information service from Findus Lean Cuisine designed to support doctors, dieticians and health education specialists in the task of encouraging healthier eating patterns / Findus.

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

97 Orchard : an edible history of five immigrant families in one New York tenement / Jane Ziegelman.

Fatboy zine : the Philippines 2000-2002.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 2/6.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 1/6.

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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

97 Orchard : an edible history of five immigrant families in one New York tenement / Jane Ziegelman.

Fatboy zine : the Philippines 2000-2002.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 2/6.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 1/6.