The Quack Doctors Confession on his Death Bed
Dublin Core
Title
The Quack Doctors Confession on his Death Bed
Subject
A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
Description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 30.3 x 22.2 cm
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr. Fordyces prophylatic, or in the absence of these' th best yellow soap, were to be used as preventives of the veneral infection - there could be no longer any excuse nor even bread for one of my profession & callings."
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr. Fordyces prophylatic, or in the absence of these' th best yellow soap, were to be used as preventives of the veneral infection - there could be no longer any excuse nor even bread for one of my profession & callings."
Creator
Bears artist's embelm: a miniature figure wearing a top hat and leaning on an umbrella
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Source
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yn2zddjt
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yn2zddjt
Collection
Citation
Bears artist's embelm: a miniature figure wearing a top hat and leaning on an umbrella
Heath, William, 1795-1840
, “The Quack Doctors Confession on his Death Bed,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/202.