NLM Digital Collections

The Corn Doctors!: A Fair Subject

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Brown, Henry, artist
Publication:
London: T[hos] McLean, May 15, 1841
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Quackery
Abstract:
Two charlatans standing on a platform are selling sugar sticks and corn plasters. Below them stands a crowd of men, who recognize the charlatans as quacks.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : 29 x 42 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
lithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:
101393559 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A021893
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393559