Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclaimation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclaimation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
Wellcome Collection

An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclaimation. Engraving by G. Bickham.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The high German doctor, and the English fool. ... G. Bickham engraver in London. Lettering continues: with extensive coverage of the Dutch quack doctor and his "many excellent medicaments"

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