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Concept

Enema

Images

  • A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.
  • 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 woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • An army of demons armed with clysters, one of which is a huge cannon, attack a man tied to a tree; suggesting the awful experience of having an enema. Pen drawing.
  • A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Gorgeous black masseuse, 24 hrs-40DD-big bum : domination, water sports, bubble bath...

    | Date: [1999]
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    A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

    Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546. | Date: [1542?] | Reference: 23028i
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    Internal baths : the principle and the process : being an exposition of Prof. Chas. A. Tyrrell's celebrated "J.B.L. Cascade," a device for eliminating the waste of the system : drugs shown to be injurious to health and longevity : essentially a home treatment.

    Tyrrell's Hygienic Institute. | Date: [1898?]
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    A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

    | Reference: 24101i
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    Conseils à la femme pour sa beauté / L. Dumez.

    Dumez, L. | Date: [1900?]
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