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An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the improved patent syringe, with directions for its several uses, shewing, by a statement of facts, the validity of the rights and claims of the patentee.
Read, John, 1760-1847.Date: 1824
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A vindication of Read's patent syringe : against interested opposition and unphilosophical objections, with professional testimonials of its superior utility, and directions by which its employment is rendered easy and certain.
Read, John, 1760-1847.Date: 1826
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Doctor Jukes pumping the stomach of Sir W. Curtis, several other aldermen wait to be operated on; representing the gross appetites of some civic dignitaries. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 26 February 1824Reference: 12220i
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John Bull being force-fed via a stomach pump, by a queue of people; representing Britain's numerous political problems. Colour photomechanical reproduction after S. Pritchard, 1913.
Pritchard, Stanger, 1877-1957.Date: 25 December 1913Reference: 15781i- Pictures
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: July 1827Reference: 11809i