[a sick man holds a cup of medicine] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a sick man holds a cup of medicine]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver explains the various medicines used in England to treat disease. In this image we see a man holding a cup of medicine that is steaming. He looks disgusted as the medicines often smelled and tasted horrible. Gulliver explains that the man vomits because of the foul taste of the medicine which included ingredients such as reptile skins, bones, excrements, insects, herbs, minerals, gums, oils, and juices. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21825
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_21825_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters