A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

The female reproductive and urinary systems with a tumor. Etching by J. Bell.

Surgeons group around a patient exhibiting an especially dramatic anal fistula; the patient happily thinks to himself that he has never before been the object of such attention. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Nine cross-sections through the male reproductive organs, urinary system and anus. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

ix, 249 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Reading from behind : a cultural analysis of the anus / Jonathan A. Allan.

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour

1 print : etching ; platemark 8.9 x 10.2 cm

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 26.5 x 42 cm

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Reading from behind : a cultural analysis of the anus / Jonathan A. Allan.

A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

The female reproductive and urinary systems with a tumor. Etching by J. Bell.

Nine cross-sections through the male reproductive organs, urinary system and anus. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

Surgeons group around a patient exhibiting an especially dramatic anal fistula; the patient happily thinks to himself that he has never before been the object of such attention. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.