[a doctor practicing prognosis] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a doctor practicing prognosis]
Subject: medicine; Prognosis; 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 in his office, with his back to the viewer. This image appears when Gulliver explains the practice of prognosis to the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21829
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_21829_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; Prognosis; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters