A Going! A Going!

A Going! A Going!

Social satire, Medicine in art

In A Going! A Going!, a physician, himself rosy-cheeked, well-fed, and hence well-paid, visits an sickly patient too ill to leave his bedroom. A list of prescriptions on the table and a collection of medications on the window sill indicate that an ineffective treatment has been going on for a long time. Revealing a ridiculous lack of empathy, the physician exclaims, “Dear Sir, you look this morning the picture of health. I have nay doubt at my next visit I shall find you intirely cured of all your earthly infirmitys.” The print suggests that it is in the doctor’s best interest for his patient to remain sick as long as possible. Until the patient dies, he is worth more sick than healthy.

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

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Thomas Tegg, London

1813

Debra Cashion, in collaboration with Elisabeth Barrett, '15

Hand-colored etching; original dimensions, 270 x 390 mm

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Still image

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