A gagging man surrounded by confused consultants and medical students. Coloured etching, 1800.

Date:
18 April 1800
Reference:
11639i
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A gagging man surrounded by confused consultants and medical students. Coloured etching, 1800. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The seated patient croaks: "Ta-ke- a p-hee-p- brother -ta-ha-ke a p-hee-p- I- ca-hant- se-he the poker, put a sti-t-itch". One of the consultants warns: "Stand off patients, keep your distance - I think a bit of sticking plaister will do brother", the two students complain: "Is that all we are to be taught for our money - stand off - & take a peep". A notice on the wall reads: "For permission to run the hospital --- 21. For box carrier 10.6 i.e. myself. Mem. No gentlemen to remain longer than five minutes in one room, not to press upon the surgeon, to make the best use of their eyes. N.B. Gentlemen that are deaf may learn all as well."

Publication/Creation

[London] (50 Piccadilly) : S.W. Fores, 18 April 1800.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 23.9 x 36.2 cm

Lettering

An extraordinary surgical case, or, a long search after the poker.

References note

Not found in: British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954

Reference

Wellcome Collection 11639i

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