| Title |
Quack Doctor, Bleeder. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The quack doctor has a skull for his head and holds a large sword labeled "bleeder" and a paper marked "BILL 5,00000." An
arm bleeds into a bowl, but it is not attached to a body. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble
Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches."
|
| Notes |
"I do not like you, Doctor Fell," / Is an old line, as you've heard tell, / And sharply, still, the case it touches / Of the
foul quack, who says as much as, / "This is my game, let no one block it, / Blood from arm-- and from the pocket!"
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Phlebotomy -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Physicians -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Medical personnel -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.397.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Brown, Tom, 1663-1704, I Do Not Love Thee, Dr Fell. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.46 |
