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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
French Generals retiring on account of their health: with Lepaux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary [James Gillray].
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Subject (Keyword):
Abnormalities
Subject (Keyword):
Vomiting
Subject (Keyword):
Chemical apparatus
Subject (Keyword):
France-politics and government caricatures and cartoons
Subject (Keyword):
Alligators and crocodiles
Subject (Keyword):
Diarrhea
Subject (Keyword):
Quackery
Subject (Keyword):
Kyphosis
Subject (Genre):
Caricatures
Subject (MeSH Term):
Toilet Facilities
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Medicine
Publication Information:
[London:] : H. Humphrey, June 20, 1799.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A024143
Physical Description:
1 print : etching, color ; 25 x 36 cm.
Image Description:
A quack physician is sitting in a chair and holding up a retort; at right are several men in military uniforms; seated left are two men, also in uniform, one vomits into a pot, the other is sitting on a commode; an alligator hangs from the ceiling.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 54-59
Cited in:
satires...in the British Museum; 9403
Cited in:
Catalogue of political and personal
Cited in:
Wright & Evans; 245
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
WZ 336 G48 no. 20 map
Record UI:
101394128

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