[A doctor from the Grand Academy of Lagado tries to find a cure for colic] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A doctor from the Grand Academy of Lagado tries to find a cure for colic]
Subject: Learned Institutions and Societies; Satire; Scientists; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Balnibarbi; Laputa; Lagoda; England
Description: Here we see a scientist from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi who was working on methods for curing colic. He attempted to cure the illness by inserting a bellow into the anus and using them to remove the ‘excess wind’ from the patient. In another experiment he attempted to pump air into the patient using the bellows. He tried several experiments on dogs, the second method is seen here. In this second experiment, the dog inflated with the excess air, and died. The scientist then tried to revive the dog using the same method. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21696
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21696_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Learned Institutions and Societies; Satire; Scientists; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures