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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.

A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.

A man holding a pack of 'Jubol' medicine tells clyster-wielding physicians that they are now obsolete. Wood engraving by Henriot, c. 1885.

A gentleman compares the size of his syringe with a physician's clyster; he says that his is for the other side of the body. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Conseils à la femme pour sa beauté / L. Dumez.