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The Whitworth Doctor Doing Business Expeditiously, 20 February 1791

 Item — Box: LF104/1 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/1/17

Scope and Contents

Anonymous artist. Published by W. Holland. Five men stand in a row behind a large horse-trough; they have been bled, and the blood gushes into the trough, on which they lean in an exhausted manner. The doctor (left) is actually bleeding the man on the left, but he turns his head away from his patient, in profile to the left, to say "Saddle my horse you rascal! Rabbit it I'll be too late for the hunt! Where are all your bandages, you rapscallions? I'll not stop to stick another this morning, by G--d!" His patients, probably in a hospital, are labourers or artisans. One says, "I say, Doctor, Roger Cartwheel here is going to swound." The two on the extreme right say "God dang it, I find my eyes woundidly queer!" and "Doctor, for God's sake put on the bandage! Oh lord I shall bleed to death." Beneath the title is etched: 'Recommended to the Phlebotomists of the London Hospitals'. Hand-coloured etching. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 February 1791

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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