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A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: c. 1610Reference: 17505i- Pictures
A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Reference: 12072i
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New views of the process of defecation, and their application to the pathology and treatment of diseases of the stomach, bowels, and other organs : together with an analytical correction of Sir Charles Bell's views respecting the nerves of the face / James O'Beirne.
Date: 1833
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King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: 1689Reference: 17522i
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A sick man stranded on the toilet after taking a laxative. Coloured etching after J. Gillray after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Reference: 12045i