The quack doctor has a bird's head and wears a jacket, trousers, and a waistcoat., Text: In man's varied life are many ills -- / You say you cure by Magic Pills; / I would not trust you to a poor sick crow, / And I abhor you for my beau, / Your head is brainless, and with wit doth lack, / You nasty ape, and meddling Quack., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The doctor stands in profile, holding a bottle labeled "mercury." He wears a top hat, trousers, and a coat with tails, and a large syringe hangs from his trousers., Text: All sickness and ills, you say, you can cure / By your all-healing garble and pill; / You relieve them from pain : of this I'm quite sure; / For, if you can't cure, you can kill., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
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.", "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!", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector., Provenance: Brown, Tom, 1663-1704, I Do Not Love Thee, Dr Fell.
"Dr. Bleedems Office" appears on a sign behind the doctor, who stands holding a three-pronged knife in one hand and a saw in the other. The valentine mocks doctors who use unnecessary procedures to make money., Text: With probe, and saw, and lancet, / With plasters, purges and pukes, / You cut your way to favor / With duchesses and dukes; / But, you may saw into a fortune, / And probe into a mine, / Before I'd see in your ugly phiz / Anything worth this Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The doctor holds a cane in one hand and an umbrella under his other arm. Dangling from his waist is a syringe and a bottle sticks out of his back pocket. He stands before two tombstones, and a skeleton holding a pill bottle dances next to him. Calling him "old Lotion" could refer to the cleansing before medical procedures or to drinking alcoholic beverages. The doctor's cane resembles an enormous pill bottle, and his umbrella resembles an enormous syringe., Text: I very much mistrust, old Lotion, / You're in league with traitor men; / The reason why I've got the notion, / Is -- you more Patriots kill than them., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
