Mr Illingworth
Character
Also appears as: Illingworth, Illingworth the Colonist
Bedminster colonist, enema entrepreneur and proprietor of an aggressively inclusive materia medica. Dispenses high colonics, narcotics and whatever else can be persuaded into a bowel.
Appears in
Connections
Meets
- Lord Snatch treats (1 passage)
Attends
- Illingworth’s consulting room practises at (1 passage)
Groups and institutions
- Unauthorised Enema Squad ← investigates and raids (1 passage)
Literary echoes
- British Journal of Clisters controls publication (1 passage)
From the books (4 passages)
…It is 39, is it not, which must be that stool obsessive Illingworth. I’ve so been looking forward to his date with destiny!
“I stand before you: Illingworth, humble purveyor of wholesome natural herbal remedies and … er … holistic therapies; holistic therapies mostly nowadays, as it happens,” he continued, introducing into his discourse a wheedling and bitter tone, “ever since the medical establishment saw fit to conspire against me and rob me of my livelihood.”
“Oh!” said Illingworth the Colonist joyfully, “fresh meat! How perfectly delightful! I’ll just pop off and mix some more cement. The wheelbarrow is still in the back garden.”
…rusty Gothic claves being thrust into locks and turned by calloused hands of brutish turnkeys. Protesting hinges. Suddenly Illingworth stood before them. Blinking, frightened, suburban. Oz, and thereof the Wizard.