A fat doctor, wearing a large tie-wig, stands, his arms and legs wide-stretched, between a skeleton, representing Death, and his patient who is seen behind, unconscious of the conflict. Death (r.), in a threatening attitude, holds up a sheaf of arrows, some of which he has already hurled; they are labelled "Consumption"; "Palsy"; "Gout"; "Dropsy"; "Scurvy"; "Venerial"; "Fever"; "Stone"; "Apoplexy"; "Suicide" (written in reverse).  The doctor, with an expression of grim determination, holds outstretched a sheaf of remedies, some of which he has already hurled at Death. In his left hand he holds out his cane. These remedies are papers inscribed "For the Dropsy . . ."; "For the Gout"; "Sovereign Remedy"; "Anodyne"; "Styptic"; "Solvent"; "Mercurials"; "Essence"; "Anti Venerial Drops"; "Tincture for" (in reverse); "Opeates"; "Balsams"; some of the words are followed by the signs used in prescriptions. Behind (l.), seen through an opening in the wall, is the patient, a woman, fully dressed and wearing a cap, seated at a round table, her head resting on her hand, in her left hand she holds a cup. On the table are medicine-bottles. Behind her is a bed with curtains hanging from a tester. After the title is engraved "Touch my Patient if you dare".  29 October 1777
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1777<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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