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  • 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.
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
  • An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.
  • A seedy looking intern. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.
  • A Scottish shepherd telling a doctor on the roadside about the death of his wife and how glad he is that he didn't take any of the medicine the doctor had prescribed for his wife. Wood engraving after L. Raven-Hill, 1908.
  • A young woman and her physicians assure each other that she is cured of squinting, but alas she is not. Lithograph, c. 1830-1841.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.
  • A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
  • A woman patient at a spa is told by her doctor that the treatment for her fertility might be helped by the presence of a 'diverting friend' - i.e. him. Lithograph by M. Stephane, c. 1896.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, as a doctor admitting that he mislabelled medicine bottles; referring to misgovernment of Ireland and Scotland. Pencil drawing, ca. 180-.
  • Three episodes about Joseph Muff - a satirical view of an unscrupulous surgeon. Letterpress and wood engraving, 1842.
  • A doctor is over-interested in a female patient's feet. Lithograph after J-L. Forain, c. 1896.
  • A physician carries an anonymous, re-usable wreath 'to his clients'. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Nineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900.
  • A healthy country squire being administered to by two ruthless doctors. Coloured etching, 1802.
  • Two physicians discussing a patient: one boasts to the other that he has prescribed a remedy which will aggravate the patient's illness in order to fit the illness to the physician's specialty. Wood engraving by J.B. Partridge, 1896.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Le vaccin.
  • One country doctor asks another to assist him in a post mortem on the corpse of one of his successfully-treated patients. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
  • A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A doctor surrounded by four dead bodies writes out a prescription at a table, while to the right a man puts his sword into his scabbard after killing a man; indicating that the pen of the physician is mightier than the sword of the knight. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli.
  • A learned physician with a library of Latin books writes a prescription but cannot save his patients from death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
  • Evil doctors maltreating a patient. Etching by James Ensor, 1895.