[a doctor mixes medicine] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a doctor mixes medicine]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver explains the various medicines used in England to treat disease. In this image we see a doctor standing at a counter mixing various herbs, minerals, juices, skins, and other ingredients to make medicines. On the counter we see vials with ingredients, and above the counter is an alligator which would be used in some medicines. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21823
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_21823_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; satire; Medical offices; fictional works; Fictitious characters