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Scientific researches

Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Author(s):

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist

 

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.