M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank

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Reproduction of the caricature "Cholera Pie" by Robert Cruickshank (1789-1856) with the caption: "A caricature by Cruikshank indicating a popular beliefof the past that physicians became wealthy as a result of epidemic pestilences. Rowlandson drew a similar cartoon showing physicians paying homage to influenza. In the Middle Ages the physicians were sometimes accused of spreading pestilential disease, since they were the only people who profited. The mortality among physicians during these epidemics was, however, extremely high" underneath the image. The reproduction is from Haggard, Howard W.: <i>Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor</i> New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929], page 215. Related images: M0001918, M0001920, M0001922, M0001923, M0001926, M0001927, M0001928, M0001941EA

M0001921: Reproduction of the caricature Cholera Pie by Robert Cruickshank

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