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Concept

Medicines, Specific

Images

  • A country pedlar selling medicines from a basket. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.
  • Product labels for the pharmacist Duroziez of Paris. Line engraving.
  • A sick man mixing a dose of medicine for himself from a book. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1824, after M.W. Sharp.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.

    J.J. Lemoine (Imprimerie Lithographie Etiquettes Cartonnages) | Date: [1890?/1900?] | Reference: 41550i
    • Books

    Histoire naturelle des animaux, des plantes, & des mineraux qui entrent dans la composition de la theriaque d'Andromachus. : Dispensee et achevee publiquement à Paris, / par Moyse Charas, ... Avec les reformations & les observations de l'auteur.

    Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698. | Date: M. DC. LXVIII. [1668]
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    A physician recommending some medicine to a young female patient. Coloured lithograph, 1853, by H. Garnier, 1836, after J.L. Canon.

    Canon, Jean-Louis, 1809-1892. | Date: 1853 | Reference: 21840i
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    Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after B. West, the elder.

    West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. | Date: 1 January 1772 | Reference: 22175i
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    A sick man mixing a dose of medicine for himself. Coloured aquatint after M.W. Sharp.

    Sharp, Michael William, -1840. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 585320i
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