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"Punch cures the Gout, the Colic, and the Tisick", 1799

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Two men and a woman are sitting around a small table on which is a large punch bowl; each is holding a glass. On the right is seated a fat man with both feet and his left hand bandaged. In the center, a young woman is holding her stomach. On the left, a man appears to be near death. The fat man with gout on the right claims that "PUNCH cures the GOUT," to which the woman adds "the COLIC," and the sickly man adds "and the TISICK." Note that "tisick" in British English is archaic for a splutter (a short explosive spitting or choking noise) or a cough. Cartoon by British caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1756-1815), who was famous for his etched political and social satires. (Source: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. Public domain.)