Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals,
Exploration
Hood observes: 'As recommended by the
Board of
HealthCentral Board of Health
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sanguinely to the favourableness of the present volume. Between the Reform Bill
and the Cholera, the public has been so drugged by the
House of
CommonsHouse of Commons
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political nor medical, must come as figures in high relief'. Hood has
consequently increased the print run of the AnnualComic Annual
(1830–42)
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Sir Henry HalfordHalford (formerly Vaughan), Sir Henry
(1766–1844)
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[president of the Royal College of Physicians]' and of his publisher. (viii)
The illustration captioned 'Doctor's Commons' (facing viii) depicts a nauseous
man clutching a measuring jar and a spoon seated at a table loaded with bottles
of medicine, a pill box, and a bottle of leaches, arranged as though making a
meal. To 'prevent' any 'misapprehensions', Hood points out that the author of
the article
Thomas Hood, 'An Assent to the Summut of Mount Blank', Comic Annual, 3 (1832), 49–55 cannot be
(as might at first be supposed) a servant of
Edward B
WilbrahamWilbraham, Hon Edward Bootle
(fl. 1832)
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the KeepsakeKeepsake
(1827–57)
Waterloo
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(ix–x). The illustration captioned 'To Be Continued' (x) depicts a giant
sea-serpent weaving its way past a ship and an island, with its tail-end
passing off the side of the vignette.
The illustration 'Very Fond of Gardening' (facing 14) depicts a gentleman in
indoor clothing, standing under an umbrella to water a plant in his garden.
Having moved from London to rural Lincolnshire, Mrs Pugsley writes to a friend
that her one anxiety is 'the likelihood of being taken ill, nine miles off from
any physical powers, with nobody that can ride in the house'. She requests 'to
be well doctor-stuff'd from
Apothecaries'
HallWorshipful Society of Apothecaries of London—Apothecaries' Hall
CloseView the register entry >>, by the waggon or any other vehicle'. (22) The illustration
captioned 'Trianglers' (30) depicts three anglers on a river bank, whose bodies
are made up of triangles.
At the
Old BaileyOld Bailey Sessions Court
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number of deaf men 'objected the hardness of their hearing criminal cases'.
'The Publishers of
"Curtis on the Ear"Curtis, John
Harrison 1817. A Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the
Ear: Containing a Comparative View of its Structure and Functions, and of its
Various Diseases, Arranged According to the Anatomy of the Organ, or as they
Affect the External, the Intermediate, and the Internal Ear, London:
Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
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"Wright on the
Ear"Wright,
William [1817]. An Essay on the Human Ear, its Anatomical
Structure and Incidental Complaints: Intended not only for the Medical
Profession, but also, for the Use and Benefit of all Persons Afflicted with
Deafness, Diseases of the Ears, or those Alarming Sensations of Noises in the
Head [...], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Pugilism)—ought to have stentorian agents in that Court'. (41)
The article is purportedly written by the barely literate servant of
Edward B
WilbrahamWilbraham, Hon Edward Bootle
(fl. 1832)
NSTC CloseView the register entry >>, whose account of his assent of Mont Blanc had previously
appeared in the KeepsakeKeepsake
(1827–57)
Waterloo
Directory CloseView the register entry >>. The illustration 'Too Cold to
Bear' (facing 49) depicts a bear warming itself by a fire, while a party of
disconsolate climbers huddle together at a distance. The illustration 'Figuring
in the Album of Mont Blanc' (55) depicts two agonized climbers in rigid
postures, knee-deep in snow.
Political Economy, Population, Phrenology, Hospitals, Cruelty,
Epidemiology
The illustration captioned 'A CHILD'S Call
TO BE DISPOSED OF"' (91) depicts a baby in a basket hanging
from a lion-faced door-knocker on a door bearing the name 'John Knox'. The
narrator cannot enjoy his
'Malthus'Malthus, Thomas
Robert 1798. An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it
Affects the Future Improvement of Society: With Remarks on the Speculations of
Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers. London: J. Johnson
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noisy children running round. He exclaims: 'Oh Mr. Malthus, I agree / In every
thing I read with thee! / The world's too full, there is no doubt, / And wants
a deal of thinning out' (92). Regrets the efforts of those 'Wrongheads, / With
thick not long heads, / Poor metaphysicians!' who attempt to keep people alive
(93). The illustration captioned 'Laying the First Stone of an Hospital'
(facing 93) depicts a cleric reading an oration, and a knight with mallet and
trowel, standing over a foundation stone under which a body lies, while a sober
crowd looks on. The narrator believes that he could profitably weed the human
species, and suggests some candidates for weeding. Fears the likely
interference of 'Some
humane MartinMartin, Richard ('Humanity')
(1754–1834)
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The illustration captioned 'Fancy Portrait—Mr. Malthus' (facing 96)
depicts a man sitting in an armchair in front of the hearth reading 'Tales of
Ogres'. The paintings on the wall are entitled 'Babes in the Wood', 'Skirmish
with Infantry', 'Siege of Baby[lon]', and Herod's Mass[acre]'. Welcomes the
cholera epidemic as a useful corrective of overpopulation. Instead of imposing
quarantine on shipping, 'We ought to import the Cholera Morbus!'
(97).
Political Economy, Mathematics, Government, Radicalism,
Class
The poem satirizes Hume's demands for financial retrenchment, and makes
repeated puns on mathematical words. Refers to the fact that 'in stirring up
corruption's worms' Hume makes 'some factions / Vulgar as certain fractions, /
Almost reduced unto their lowest terms' (158). The illustration captioned
'Fancy Portrait:—Mr. Hume' (opposite 157) depicts a man seated at a
gaming table on which sits a box marked 'counters'. The paintings on the wall
are captioned 'According to
CockerCocker, Edward
(1631/2–76)
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(depicting two cocks fighting), 'A Figurante' (depicting a dancer), and 'A
Revenue Cutter' (depicting a sailing ship). The illustration captioned 'Set
Down One and Carry One' (opposite 158) depicts a woman having fallen off the
back of a horse on which her husband continues to ride unaware. The
illustration captioned 'Long Division' (161) depicts a man being eaten in half
by a giant crocodile.
When the narrator, as stand-in schoolmaster for nine private pupils, came to
teach mathematics, he was anxious: 'I knew very well that when the army of nine
attacked my
BonnycastleBonnycastle, John
(c.1760–1821)
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Having given the same question to all the pupils, each of whom brought a
different result, he had 'no resource but,
LavaterLavater, Johann Kaspar
(1741–1801)
CBD CloseView the register entry >>-like, to go by Physiognomy, and
accordingly selected the solution of the most mathematical-looking boy.'
Lavater 'betrayed' him, as he discovered when one of the pupils produced a
'Tutor's Key' from his desk. The pupils began to question the tutor's right 'to
rule nine, who was not competent to the Rule of Three'. (169)
Depicts a flask with a smiling face, sitting on a table, with a flame rising
from it towards a street lamp, also with a smiling face. Smiling lamplighters
stand on ladders, one on either side of the lamp, while a beaming audience
looks on.