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  • An elderly man throwing his head back to swallow some pills and in the process tossing water all over himself. Coloured aquatint after M. Egerton, 1827.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.
  • The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • An elderly man throwing his head back to swallow some pills and in the process tossing water all over himself. Coloured aquatint after M. Egerton, 1827.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor known as Medicine Jack carrying his wares in a knapsack on his back. Coloured lithograph.
  • A nurse dropping an aspirin pill into a glass of water; advertising soluble aspirin. Colour lithograph by M. Cliot, ca. 1910.
  • A box, a bottle and a tube for ointment, pills and tablets. Pen and pencil drawing by E. Hodgkin, ca. 1969.
  • A black man buying some of J. Morison's pills, hoping they will make him white. Coloured lithograph.
  • A quack doctor irresponsibly dispensing his potions. Coloured lithograph.
  • A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • A doctor presenting a patient with a large pill; representing Addington's concession to the City of London by withdrawing income tax. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A horrified man discovering that as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills, his nose has turned into a carrot. Coloured lithograph.