File:Gillray - Treatment with tractors.jpg
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Summary
James Gillray: Metallic Tractors (   ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Metallic Tractors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Caricature of a quack, treating a patient with Perkins tractors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | Published by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London, November 11, 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | "Perkins tractors" where metallic pincers invented and patented by Elisha Perkins. The paper on the table states, “just arrived from America, the Rod of Aesculapius. Perkinson in all his Glory—being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the true way of turning all Metals into Gold. Pro bono publico.” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/caricatures/en4-quacks.cfm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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