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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Quack Doctor |
| Reference | 2004-99-23 |
| Library | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Collection | The William H. Helfand Collection, 2004 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Author | Cullen, C |
| Description | From 'Every Saturday, An Illustrated Weekly Journal', Boston (January 14, 1871). |
| Document Type | Ephemera |
| Theme(s) | Satire and Parody |
| Keywords | doctor, fee, cure |
| Additional Information | The text accompanying this portrait, published in a weekly journal, describes the quack doctor as: 'Probably the greatest general in all the noble army of strategists against the pocket-books of mankind . . . he single-handed and alone, with a mere box of pills, or a bottle of bitters, or a few rounds of buchu, or a plaster, or a salve, or by looking at his victims with his eyes blindfolded, can put to rout all the diseases, pains, aches, and blues, that curse human-kind. And we, most of us, are so impressed with his modest assertions, that we open our mouths, swallow his concoctions, make him rich enough to be one of the first families.' |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's catalogue. |
| Visual Content | View thumbnails |
| Copyright | Philadelphia Museum of Art |