A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

A sick man lamenting the uselessness of his physicians. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

A couple buy some narcotics from an apothecary whose assistant, Death, works with a pestle and mortar in the back room. Coloured lithograph by J. Grandville.

An apothecary tells a drug addict to fill in his own prescription. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

An apothecary gives a dangerous medicine to a man harbouring murderous thoughts about his mother-in-law. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 30.3 x 19.4 cm

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 13.5 x 20.4 cm

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 14.2 x 20.5 cm

Drug dealer, MD : how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop / Anna Lembke, MD.

Drugs - use, misuse, abuse : guidance for families / by Margaret Hill.

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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

An apothecary tells a drug addict to fill in his own prescription. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

An apothecary gives a dangerous medicine to a man harbouring murderous thoughts about his mother-in-law. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Drug dealer, MD : how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop / Anna Lembke, MD.

Drugs - use, misuse, abuse : guidance for families / by Margaret Hill.

Medication abuse

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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

An apothecary tells a drug addict to fill in his own prescription. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

An apothecary gives a dangerous medicine to a man harbouring murderous thoughts about his mother-in-law. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Drug dealer, MD : how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop / Anna Lembke, MD.

Drugs - use, misuse, abuse : guidance for families / by Margaret Hill.

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