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Visitors to the gardens of the Horticultural Society of London in Chiswick, among whom is a man who rushes off believing he has an attack of the cholera. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1831.

The new therapy bulletin. Bulletin no. 2 / Clinical Department of the Chattanooga Vibrator Instrument Company.

A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.

An ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing.

A woman holding a man's head while he is sick into a bowl. Coloured lithograph.

The question "Waiter, where can I have a puke?" advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.

One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.

Katia Retch, vomiting into a toilet as a result of binge-drinking. Colour lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 200-.

Le vomissement chez le nourrisson : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 10 avril 1908 / par François Rochu.

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

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Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

Katia Retch, vomiting into a toilet as a result of binge-drinking. Colour lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 200-.

Le vomissement chez le nourrisson : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 10 avril 1908 / par François Rochu.

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.