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An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.

A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

The manager of a hotel discusses the extermination of bedbugs with a lady. Wood engraving by 'Henriot' (H. Maigrot).

Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.

A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.

Two executors overcharge a heir, taking advantage of their distress. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

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A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.

A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.

A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.