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  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.
  • The manager of a hotel discusses the extermination of bedbugs with a lady. Wood engraving by 'Henriot' (H. Maigrot).
  • Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.
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    A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

    Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945. | Date: 22 March 1902 | Reference: 17152i
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    An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

    Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894. | Date: [c. 1843] | Reference: 16796i
    Part of: Les malades et les médecins
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    A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

    Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894. | Date: [1844] | Reference: 16553i
    Part of: Les malades et les médecins
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    A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

    Frison, Gustave, 1850- | Reference: 16870i
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    A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

    | Reference: 16058i
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