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Die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin : mediko-kunsthistorisches Studie / von Dr. Eugen Holländer ... Mit 10 farbigen Tafeln und 223 Abbildungen im Text.

Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim / By George Cruikshank.

The bachelor's own book; or, the progress of Mr. Lambkin, in the pursuit of pleasure ... and ... in search of health / [George Cruikshank].

C.J. Grant's political drama : a radical satirist rediscovered / catalogue edited by Richard Pound ; contributions by David Bindman [and others].

Motivos satiricos gráficos de interés sanitario, médico y farmacéutico / Ramón Jordi González.

John Bull and his doctors / by William H. Helfand.

Phrenological illustrations, or An artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim / by George Cruikshank.

Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.

A carriage or bathing machine drawn by a sea monster is driven below cliffs: the animal inside has its tail caught in one of the rear wheels; the coachmen and two other passengers speak. Soft-ground etching.

Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.

William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.

Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

The heads and shoulders of five male hair-dressers. Coloured lithograph by Jules Platier, 1840.

A gouty man in a Bath chair out shooting with his dogs, his black servant sniggers behind him. Engraving.

Professors at the Medical Faculty, University of Louvain: seven caricatures. Drawing (?) by G. Parsy, ca. 1900 (?).

Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.

Frau Gruniacula, a character with a grotesque face. Line engraving attributed to D. Custos.

Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.

A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington as nannies protect Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne who are boys from the taunts of the junior Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

A man standing on a bank holds a large Union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.

A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington as nannies protect Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne who are boys from the taunts of the junior Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

A man standing on a bank holds a large Union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.