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John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.

Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.

Anybody ill? : (I'm Doctor Quack) : the popular humorous song / music by Alfred Lee ; sung by Alf. Walker.

A physician administers leeches to a patient; advertising Knoll diuretic medicine. Colour process print, 19--, after L. Boilly, 1827.

A medical practitioner administers leeches to a patient. Colour lithograph after L. Boilly, 1827.

Misunderstanding between a doctor and his working-class patient, who has swallowed the leeches he prescribed. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1877.

An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.

A corpulent physician diagnoses more leeches for a young woman, who lies drained and bedbound. Lithograph by P. Numa, c. 1833.

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.

Exposé de l'état actuel de nos connaissances et observations personelles sur la terminaison des nerfs dans les muscles lisses de la sangsue : précédés de la bibliographie des travaux parus sur l'innervation des muscles lisses en général / par J.F. Heymans.

Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.

Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.

London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries

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Leeches

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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.

Exposé de l'état actuel de nos connaissances et observations personelles sur la terminaison des nerfs dans les muscles lisses de la sangsue : précédés de la bibliographie des travaux parus sur l'innervation des muscles lisses en général / par J.F. Heymans.

Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.

Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.

London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries

Leeches

Images from the collections

Images referencing Leeches

Works from the collections

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.

Exposé de l'état actuel de nos connaissances et observations personelles sur la terminaison des nerfs dans les muscles lisses de la sangsue : précédés de la bibliographie des travaux parus sur l'innervation des muscles lisses en général / par J.F. Heymans.

Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.

Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.

London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries

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