[a doctor holds a needle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a doctor holds a needle]
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; needles; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver explains the various medicines used in England to treat disease. In this image we see a doctor holding a large needle. The image represents a doctor giving a patient an enema. We also see a chamber pot on the floor next to the doctor. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21827
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_21827_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; needles; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters