Remedy posters & prints

The Remedy Jean-Antoine Watteau

Advertising poster for Pastilles Poncelet, a cold and bronchitis remedy, 1896. Jules Cheret

Lavender Anonymous

Advertisement for the 'Carbolic Smoke Ball Company', 1892 English School

Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945 Unknown

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.124 Robinet Testard

Painting a wound with an antiseptic solution, c1890 Unknown

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.113 Mint and Plantain, or Ribwort Robinet Testard

I have a secret art to cure/ Each malady which men endure Thomas Rowlandson

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.156v Flower Robinet Testard

Turkey Rhubarb, 1798 Unknown

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.161v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Advertisement for Shaker Family Pills, 1891 Anonymous

Poppy, camomile and larkspur Anonymous

Rhubarb, 1823 Unknown

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.144r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.159v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.128r Consiligo, Burreed and Strawberry Robinet Testard

Nohubo remedio. (Nothing could be done about it.), 1796-1797 Francisco de Goya

A Quack in the Right Place John Tenniel

Cretin aged 15, c1890 Unknown

Cinchona (Jesuit's or Peruvian Bark) 1795 Unknown

1950s 1960s Woman With A Headache Taking Medicine And With Expression Of Relief From Pain Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.122r Euphorbia Lathyris, Beechwort, Mint and Fig Robinet Testard

Hypnotism Session with Franz Anton Mesmer 1784 French School

Advertisement for the Carbolic Smoke Ball, a cure for hay fever English School

Typical enlarged spleen of a Malaria patient, c1890 Unknown

The Quack Doctor, 1866 Charles Green

Le Malade Imaginaire, 1861 Abraham Solomon

Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century Abraham Bosse

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), 19th century Unknown

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.145v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.123r Top row: Salt Bush and Anthora. Bottom row: Absinthium and Cardamom Robinet Testard

Marriage a la Mode; plate III Bernard Baron

An Extra Liberal Dose Anonymous

Street Doctor John Thomson