A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.

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1832
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17853i
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A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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As with the other 'Praeservativmann' caricatures, the text contrasts the variety of preventatives and cures that were suggested against the cholera with the helplessness of the individual in the face of the mysterious disease. The verse tells us that this mystery is a 'hard nut to crack'. The monkey has herbs hanging from its neck and in its hand

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1832

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1 print : etching ; platemark 28.5 x 20 cm

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Der Praeservativ-Mann gegen die Cholera ... Lettering continues: "Nur eine Metall-platte, wie ein Teller gross, auf die Herzgrube gelegt und brav Pfefferminz genossen, dann, ihr lieben Leutchen, hat's gar keine Gefahr!" Mich nach Vorschrift zu bepacken/ Unterliess ich nie;/ Doch das Nüsschen dort zu knacken/ Heisst die Frage - wie? [On membranous ball:] Cholera

References note

On the 'Preservativmann' in caricatures on cholera, see Eugen Holländer, Die Karikatur and Satire in der Medizin, Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1921, pp. 175-187; and A. Weber, Tableau de la caricature medicale, Paris: Editions Hippocrates, 1936), p. 116-119

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Wellcome Collection 17853i

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