19th century medical caricatures

December 29, 2005 9:35 AM

A nice collection of 19th century French and English medical caricatures, including some drawn by George Cruikshank.
posted by iconomy (8 comments total)

This is good.
posted by furtive at 9:39 AM on December 29, 2005

This one reminds me of Metafilter. Thanks iconomy.
posted by stinkycheese at 10:11 AM on December 29, 2005

Fabulous. I like Cruikshank's Blue Devils.
posted by OmieWise at 10:17 AM on December 29, 2005

Love it. Thanks, iconomy.
posted by jrossi4r at 11:27 AM on December 29, 2005

Thanks, iconomy: these are great. There are more of the same (at least of the English prints) here, including Gillray’s depiction of the Gout
posted by misteraitch at 11:31 AM on December 29, 2005

Bookmarked. Thank you for these wonderfully quirky and expressive images.
posted by gigawhat? at 11:34 AM on December 29, 2005

Very, very neat.
posted by R. Mutt at 7:23 PM on December 29, 2005

"Frederick knew he had a NyQuil addiction but he was too ashamed to get help."
posted by Rhomboid at 5:44 AM on December 30, 2005