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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Quack Doctor |
| Reference | 1988-102-7 |
| Library | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Collection | The William H. Helfand Collection, 1988 |
| Date | c. 1890 |
| Document Type | Ephemera |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Satire and Parody |
| Keywords | cure, doctor |
| Additional Information | Comic 'valentines' first appeared in Great Britain and North America in the middle of the nineteenth century. They were usually sent anonymously, and were often poorly printed on cheap paper with insulting verses that attacked all trades, professions, and offensive habits such as smoking. Not surprisingly, the health professionals - doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, and their colleagues - came in for their share of abuse, as the example of the quack doctor shows. William H. Helfand, from 'The Picture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection' (1991), p. 132. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's catalogue. |
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| Copyright | Philadelphia Museum of Art |