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Ephemera
Isidor Fischer ephemera. Box 3.
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Specification of Thomas John Ashton : surgical pneumatic apparatus.
Ashton, T. J. (Thomas John)Date: 1865
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Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching by J. Callot.
Jacques CallotReference: 15843i
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Angola: a Kwanyama woman performing an enema on a small child: the woman takes liquid into her mouth from a bowl. Photograph by Antoinette Powell-Cotton, 1936/1937.
Powell-Cotton, Antoinette, 1915-1997.Date: 1936-1937Reference: 581016i
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Inner hygiene : constipation and the pursuit of health in modern society / James C. Whorton.
James C. WhortonDate: 2000
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A monkey rejects the old style clyster for his new 'clyso-pompe', which he fills with opium and marshmallow. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 16612i
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Das Gymnacolon-Darmbad / [Gymnacolon-Apparatebau, Nürnberg].
Gymnacolon-Apparatebau (Nürnberg, Germany)Date: [1928?]
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King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
Romeyn de HoogheDate: 1689Reference: 17522i
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The royal road to health, or, the secret of health without drugs / by Chas. A. Tyrrell.
Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred), 1846-1918Date: 1919, ©1907
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An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.
Reference: 20933i
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A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 17780i
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A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
Niclas LafrensenDate: [1786]Reference: 15864i
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Knowles' catalogue of reduced prices & guide to health / Knowles' Drug Co.
Knowles' Drug Co.Date: [1901]
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An apothecary attempts to give an Englishman an enema but is restrained by an American; medical aid is prevented by a Frenchman and Spaniard; representing the problems caused for the English by the American war for independence. Line engraving, 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 15969i
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A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.
Pierre-Antoine BaudouinReference: 15865i
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Wright, self adjusting truss and surgical instrument maker : 32, London Road, London.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
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Specification of William Robert Lake : bed for taking injections.
Lake, William Robert.Date: 1872
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Ritual enemas and snuffs in the Americas = Rituele lavamenten en snuiven in de Amerikas / door Peter A.G.M. de Smet.
De Smet, P. A. G. M. (Peter A. G. M.)Date: [1985], ©1985
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Two maids confer on whether to 'refresh' a sick man even further by putting cold water into his enema. Lithograph by Cham, c. 1840.
Amédée de NoéReference: 16466i
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M0006589: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy
Date: 22 February 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/55/69
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A physician, enema in hand, quotes Hippocrates on the importance of the stomach in the 'administration' of the body; a green-hued patient cowers behind. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by D.T. de Losques, 1910.
Daniel de LosquesDate: 1910Reference: 17202i
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Supplementary rectal alimentation, and especially by defibrinated blood, as applicable to a large range of cases in which nutritive enemata have not heretofore been employed / by Andrew H. Smith.
Smith, Andrew H. (Andrew Heermance), 1837-1910Date: 1879
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Specification of Edward Loysel : injecting apparatus.
Loysel, Edward.Date: 1855
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A group of dandies stand by while a lady's dog receives an enema. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 16060i
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The epilogue to the five papers lately past betwixt the two physicians Dr. O. and Dr. E : containing some remarks, pleasant and profitable, concerning that debate, and the usefulness of vomiting and purging in fevers / by And. Brown, M.D.
Brown, Andrew, M.D.Date: 1699

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Isidor Fischer ephemera. Box 3.

Specification of Thomas John Ashton : surgical pneumatic apparatus.

Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching by J. Callot.

Angola: a Kwanyama woman performing an enema on a small child: the woman takes liquid into her mouth from a bowl. Photograph by Antoinette Powell-Cotton, 1936/1937.

Inner hygiene : constipation and the pursuit of health in modern society / James C. Whorton.

A monkey rejects the old style clyster for his new 'clyso-pompe', which he fills with opium and marshmallow. Coloured lithograph.

Das Gymnacolon-Darmbad / [Gymnacolon-Apparatebau, Nürnberg].

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

The royal road to health, or, the secret of health without drugs / by Chas. A. Tyrrell.

An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.

A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.

Knowles' catalogue of reduced prices & guide to health / Knowles' Drug Co.

An apothecary attempts to give an Englishman an enema but is restrained by an American; medical aid is prevented by a Frenchman and Spaniard; representing the problems caused for the English by the American war for independence. Line engraving, 1778.

A peeping-tom spying on a fashionable lady receiving an enema. Reproduction of a line engraving after P. Maleuvre after P.A. Baudouin.

Wright, self adjusting truss and surgical instrument maker : 32, London Road, London.

Specification of William Robert Lake : bed for taking injections.

Ritual enemas and snuffs in the Americas = Rituele lavamenten en snuiven in de Amerikas / door Peter A.G.M. de Smet.

Two maids confer on whether to 'refresh' a sick man even further by putting cold water into his enema. Lithograph by Cham, c. 1840.

M0006589: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy

A physician, enema in hand, quotes Hippocrates on the importance of the stomach in the 'administration' of the body; a green-hued patient cowers behind. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by D.T. de Losques, 1910.

Supplementary rectal alimentation, and especially by defibrinated blood, as applicable to a large range of cases in which nutritive enemata have not heretofore been employed / by Andrew H. Smith.

Specification of Edward Loysel : injecting apparatus.

A group of dandies stand by while a lady's dog receives an enema. Coloured engraving.

The epilogue to the five papers lately past betwixt the two physicians Dr. O. and Dr. E : containing some remarks, pleasant and profitable, concerning that debate, and the usefulness of vomiting and purging in fevers / by And. Brown, M.D.