A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.

  • Henriot, 1857-1933.
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A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 photomechanical reproduction : wood engraving

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La revue comique, par Henriot ... Lettering continues: [1] -L'impôt sur les spécialités pharmaceutiques, ca ne doit pas vous faire plaisir? -Ah! je vous crois! -Ca s'ajoute au prix de revient...et vos pilules doivent déjà vous coûter cher? -Oh! pour ca...non...je n'y mets rien dedans! [2] -Cette année, facteur, nous pouvons nous entendre: votre syndicat vous interdit de demander des étrennes et le mien me défend de vous en donner... [3] -Le shah est très mal...très mal...peut-être mort! -Ah! mon Dieu... -Le shah de Perse! -A la bonne heure...j'ai cru que c'était le nôtre qui était malade! [4] -Non?... Vous dites que vos aïeux ont été aux croisades? -Parfaitement... arrivés à Jérusalem, ils s'y installèrent et y demeurèrent si longtemps qu'ils en sont revenus israélites! [5] -Mon cher sénateur, grâce à vous j'avais obtenu d'être nommé consul de Toutamako, au fond du Soudan, mais avec résidence à Paris... -Eh bien? -Le ministre a le toupet de vouloir me faire rejoindre mon poste!

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[1] A gentleman asks a pharmacist whether the new tax on medicine will cost him anything; the pharmacist replies that he puts nothing in the tablets he sells anyway. [2] A man tells his postman that this year the unions have decreed that neither can postmen receive tips nor can he give them. [3] A husband reads the newspaper and tells his wife that the shah is very ill; she thinks he means their cat ('chat'). [4] A gentleman tells a lady a tale of his ancestors being descended from the crusaders; he says they stayed for so long at Jerusalem that they became Israelites. [5] A gentleman tells a senator that he had obtained the post of consul to Toutamako in Sudan, stationed in Paris; he complains that they now have the cheek to ask him to return there

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