[a hypothesis for resolving conflict in parliament proposed by a doctor from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a hypothesis for resolving conflict in parliament proposed by a doctor from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi]
Subject: fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; scholars in literature; Scientists in literature; satire; politics in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: At the political school at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi a medical doctor was attempting to use his knowledge of disease to heal the political system. One of his hypotheses was when conflict broke out between two parties, then he would take one member from each party with similar sized heads and then cut into each of their heads, and cut each of their brains in half, and swap half of their brains. By doing this, the doctor thought the two brains would debate within the skull, and come to a compromise, resulting in moderation and regularity of thinking which was desirable for the leaders of the country. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21014
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21014_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; scholars in literature; Scientists in literature; satire; politics in literature