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The letters of Mr. Alexander Fiddes, F.R.C.S., Edin. considered and refuted, his misrepresentations exposed, his calumnies and innuendoes set in the light of truth, his various statements in the press and otherwise weighed in the balance and found wanting / by Lewis Quier Bowerbank ; together with documentary letters and papers, tending to expose a professional conspiracy, and to afford the public in the colonies, and in Great Britain, correct judgment as to the controversy now existing on hospital matters.
Bowerbank, Lewis Q.Date: 1865
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Slater v. Baker and Stapleton (C.B. 1767) : unpublished monographs / by Robert D. Miller.
Robert D. MillerDate: 2019
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A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
Thomas RowlandsonDate: 1810Reference: 18135i
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Die Diskussion um den ärztlichen Kunstfehler in der Medizin des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts : zur Geschichte eines umstrittenen Begriffes / Johannes Krähe.
Krähe, Johannes, 1958-Date: [1984]
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A group of vaccinators leading a small-pocked woman form a procession past a university, with Death waving his scythe behind them; the members of the university doze in the foreground; attributing the decline of Germany in 19th century to vaccination and syphilis. Lithograph after C.G.G. Nittinger, 1856.
Nittinger, Carl Georg Gottlob.Date: 1856Reference: 17876i
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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.
Culiale.Date: c. 1905Reference: 17164i
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Civil malpractice : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland.
McClelland, M. A.Date: 1877
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Dissertatio inauguralis medica de quibusdam asylis ignorantiae medicorum ... / subjiciet ... Jo. Matthaeus Lurtz.
Lurtz, Johann Matthäus.Date: [1718]
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A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
Abel FaivreDate: 22 March 1902Reference: 17154i
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Le vaccin.
Abel FaivreDate: [late 19th century]Reference: 17166i
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Rub for rub: or, An answer to a physicians pamphlet, styled, The stroker stroked.
Date: Printed in the year 1666
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The Lazarus case : life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care / John D. Lantos.
John D. LantosDate: [2001]
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Medical self-regulation : crisis and change / Mark Davies.
Davies, Mark, 1964-Date: [2007]
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A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833.Date: 1809Reference: 17675i
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Evil doctors maltreating a patient. Etching by James Ensor, 1895.
James EnsorDate: 1895Reference: 12011i
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A seedy looking intern. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
Josef, Carl, 1877-Reference: 17877i
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An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
Richard NewtonReference: 11219i
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A doctor discussing a patient, he boasts to the other doctor that he has prescribed the wrong treatment simply to enhance his own reputation. Wood engraving by J.B.P., 1896.
P., J. B., active 1896.Date: [1896]Reference: 15659i
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Procès et défense de F.-V. Raspail : poursuivi, le 19 mai 1846, en exercice illégal de la médecine devant la 8e Chambre (Police correctionnelle) à la requête du ministère public, et sur la dénonciation formelle des sieurs Fouquier, Médecin du roi, et Orfila, doyen de la Faculté de médecine de Paris, agissant comme vice-président et président d'une association anonyme de médecins.
François-Vincent RaspailDate: 1865
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The Character of a quack-doctor, or The abusive practices of impudent illiterate pretenders to physick exposed.
Date: 1676
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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.
Abel FaivreDate: 22 March 1902Reference: 17094i
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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.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: 8 September 1830Reference: 21000i
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A besotted physician asks his young patient to cure him of his heartache. Coloured lithograph after C. Philipon, c. 1830.
Charles PhiliponDate: [1830]Reference: 16382i
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Arabian doctors perform bleeding on poor Italian people; money jets out with the blood; signifying learned Arabs fleecing the poor. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1699.
Giuseppe Maria MitelliDate: 1699Reference: 17898i
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A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.
Reference: 17857i

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Slater v. Baker and Stapleton (C.B. 1767) : unpublished monographs / by Robert D. Miller.

A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

Die Diskussion um den ärztlichen Kunstfehler in der Medizin des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts : zur Geschichte eines umstrittenen Begriffes / Johannes Krähe.

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.

Civil malpractice : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland.

Dissertatio inauguralis medica de quibusdam asylis ignorantiae medicorum ... / subjiciet ... Jo. Matthaeus Lurtz.

A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Le vaccin.

Rub for rub: or, An answer to a physicians pamphlet, styled, The stroker stroked.

The Lazarus case : life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care / John D. Lantos.

Medical self-regulation : crisis and change / Mark Davies.

Evil doctors maltreating a patient. Etching by James Ensor, 1895.

A seedy looking intern. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.

A doctor discussing a patient, he boasts to the other doctor that he has prescribed the wrong treatment simply to enhance his own reputation. Wood engraving by J.B.P., 1896.

The Character of a quack-doctor, or The abusive practices of impudent illiterate pretenders to physick exposed.

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.

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.

A besotted physician asks his young patient to cure him of his heartache. Coloured lithograph after C. Philipon, c. 1830.

Arabian doctors perform bleeding on poor Italian people; money jets out with the blood; signifying learned Arabs fleecing the poor. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1699.

A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.