Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitrol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.
Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitrol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.
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Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitrol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.

Henry Heath · 1830

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Lettering: More don-key's! It is well known that asses are particularly fond of having their back's rubbed. H. Heath fect.

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