University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
002050170
Description
Colour print on paper, backed on card; depicts a large man sitting in a chair clenching his fists in pain, he has red dots all over his face, a second man in standing next to him and burning off the red spots, there is a table next to him on which lay a bottle of brandy, a steaming jug, a writing p…
Colour print on paper, backed on card; depicts a large man sitting in a chair clenching his fists in pain, he has red dots all over his face, a second man in standing next to him and burning off the red spots, there is a table next to him on which lay a bottle of brandy, a steaming jug, a writing papers and instruments; a dog is sitting by the chair howling.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Sir Edmund Osler (The Sir William Osler Collection).
Printed on the front: "No. VIII // METALLIC-TRACTORS"; handwritten on the back: "Presented by // Sir William Oster // 1911 // The Sir William Oster Collection."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Drawings and Prints Binder A, pg. 6a
Dimension Notes
Length 22.6 cm x Width 18.0 cm
Condition Remarks
#1: Stable: Complete tear of the left top corner that had been previously repaired with clear adhesive tape,there are two creases running vertically through the middle of the print; back, the card has darkened in colour especially around the edges, the top left corner shows signs of adhesive tape that has been previously removed, the top right side shows the previous repair with clear adhesive tape.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Prev. # L195; CD #UHN
Research Facts
"Metallic-tractors" were devised and patented in 1796 by Elisha Perkins, a quack from Connecticut; used for curing tumours, inlammations, gout, epilepsy; Perkins' son Benjamin came to London and advertised the tractors at 18 Leicester Square, London, ca. 1798-1802; he published a pamphlet on them in 1798.