Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.

Attributes of Cimara (gNod-sbyin rTsiu-dmar-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching after G. Cruikshank after Captain F. Marryat.

Devils saw away at a colic sufferer's abdomen. Lithograph by C. Ramelet after H. Daumier, 1833.

A group of merry, dancing former invalids discarding their medicines in favour of alcohol as a cure. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1827, after T. Lane.

De colica paretico-epileptica ... / Samuel Herzog.

1 painting : distemper on linen ; distemper 61 x 48 cm.

2 unnumbered pages, 93 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (8vo).

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de colica pictonum : quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate ... Gulielmi Taylor ... pro gradu doctoris ... / eruditorum examini subjicit J. Venancius Pereira, Lusitanus.

Cases of diabetes, consumption, etc : with observations on the history and treatment of disease in general / by Robert Watt.

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Colic

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De colica paretico-epileptica ... / Samuel Herzog.

Attributes of Cimara (gNod-sbyin rTsiu-dmar-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de colica pictonum : quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate ... Gulielmi Taylor ... pro gradu doctoris ... / eruditorum examini subjicit J. Venancius Pereira, Lusitanus.

A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching after G. Cruikshank after Captain F. Marryat.

Cases of diabetes, consumption, etc : with observations on the history and treatment of disease in general / by Robert Watt.

Colic

Images from the collections

Images referencing Colic

Works from the collections

De colica paretico-epileptica ... / Samuel Herzog.

Attributes of Cimara (gNod-sbyin rTsiu-dmar-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de colica pictonum : quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate ... Gulielmi Taylor ... pro gradu doctoris ... / eruditorum examini subjicit J. Venancius Pereira, Lusitanus.

A woman suffering the pain of colic; illustrated by demons tugging on a rope wound around her stomach. Coloured etching after G. Cruikshank after Captain F. Marryat.

Cases of diabetes, consumption, etc : with observations on the history and treatment of disease in general / by Robert Watt.

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