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Song sheets

Song sheets dating back to the 15th century weave health metaphors into political commentary, from satirical takes on medical sales to 19th century jingles.

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Images of Song sheets

242 images from works
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Doctor Jeremy Snob / written by J.G. Maxwell.
  • The medical man : they called me in to attend him / written and composed by Fred W. Leigh ; sung by Will Dalton ; also by T.F. Benson.
  • Medicine Jack : serio comic song / written & composed by Alfred Scott Gatty.
  • Dr. Darwin.
  • The medical man : they called me in to attend him / written and composed by Fred W. Leigh ; sung by Will Dalton ; also by T.F. Benson.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.

Works from the collections

71 works

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Beecham's music portfolio. No. 27, Beecham's chimes galop.

    | Date: [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Ephemera

    Accident prevention ephemera. Box 5.

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.

    Favart, Paul. | Date: [1884?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Dr. Darwin.

    | Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]
    • Pictures

    A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

    Vincent, Richard, approximately 1701?-1783. | Reference: 26268i

Related topics

Nonprescription Drugs
Quackery
Physicians
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Lancashire
Nostrums
History, 19th Century
Analgesics

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