The Quack Doctor's Confession on his Death Bed
Print
ca.1825-30
ca.1825-30
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This print represents a 'quack' or fraudulent doctor in the throes of death. As his housekeeper or nurse looks on, he confesses that the remedies he has prescribed for venereal (sexually-transmitted) diseases are useless, and that simple but cheap treatments would have been more effective.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | The Quack Doctor's Confession on his Death Bed (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Satirical print, William Heath, 'The Quack Doctor's Confession on his Death Bed', ca.1825-30. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | If the common Soft or Tub Soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of Liquor Potasses in twelve ounces of Distill'd water— which is the late Dr Fordyces Prophylactic, or in the absence of these, the best Yellow Soap, were to be used as preventives of the Venereal Infection—there could be no longer any excuse nor even bread for one of my profession & Calling.
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Summary | This print represents a 'quack' or fraudulent doctor in the throes of death. As his housekeeper or nurse looks on, he confesses that the remedies he has prescribed for venereal (sexually-transmitted) diseases are useless, and that simple but cheap treatments would have been more effective. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1233:182-1882 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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