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

Title: [a doctor mixes medicine]
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21217
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21217_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures