Scientific researches

Scientific researches

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Publication:
[London] : Pubd. May 23, 1802 by H. Humphrey, [1802, printed 1851?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Gases
Human Experimentation
Education, Continuing
Flatulence
London
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Genre(s):
Pictorial Works
Caricatures
Abstract:
A burlesque on the Royal Institution, which had been recently founded. A group of fashionable people sits in a semi-circle and watches an experiment that takes place at a table in the center of a lecture hall. The lecturer experiments on another man by administering gas through a tube inserted in the latter's mouth while he pinches the subject's nostrils. The result is a violent explosion of flame and smoke from the subject's breeches. Audience members variously hold their noses, take snuff, write notes, or react with surprise.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : image 27 x 37 cm., on board 32 x 45 cm.
Provenance:
Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-75.
Technique:
engraving, black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101457173 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
C05481
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101457173