Sola Experientia Vera Medicamina Docet. Tis only experience that teaches proper remedies, Louis Jean Desprez, 1789

Satire on medicine: to right, a man sits on a close stool holding a steaming glass vessel; behind him a doctor reads from a large volume propped against the lid of the stool; he wears a tall hat, large glasses and an ermine-trimmed robe which is held by a man with a moustache, hat, lace-trimmed collar and cloak who carries a sword; men in white pierrot costumes stand on either side behind the doctor each holding a large candle the smoke from which partly obscures the doctor's hat; at the end of the procession are three men in the same costumes carrying clysters on their shoulders; all are in profile to right and have large noses. 7 december 1789 etching and aquatint, hand-coloured. Date: 1789. Dimensions: Height: 121 mm (coat of arms; trimmed); Height: 262 mm; Width: 133 mm; Width: 436 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Sola Experientia Vera Medicamina Docet. Tis only experience that teaches proper remedies (BM 2007,7058.4)