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Title: [a man vomits]
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; satire; Vomiting; 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 man vomiting after taking medicines. Gulliver explains that the man vomits because of the foul taste of the medicine which included ingredients such as reptile skins, bones, excrements, insects, herbs, minerals, gums, oils, and juices. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21218
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21218_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; Medical offices; satire; Vomiting; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures