A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).

Below, an apothecary gives a clyster (enema) to a woman who bends over a bed. Above, two monkeys imitate the behaviour of the humans. A third monkey sits on the balcony over the bed holding the bonnet of another woman, which it has snatched off her head. In the background (right), a tapestry showing a rural scene, with a border of roses, and (left) a door surmounted by an overdoor painting of a landscape. In the right foreground is a close-stool (chair fitted with a chamber pot) covered with a pale blue fabric. The companion picture shows the interior of a pharmacy, with some of the same people as the present picture. See: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d5f49acf