Pharmaceutical bill-head of Injection Brou: the head of Hippocrates, a couple in a forest and ballet dancers. Etching, 186-.

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[approximately 1865]
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577321i
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Pharmaceutical bill-head of Injection Brou: the head of Hippocrates, a couple in a forest and ballet dancers. Etching, 186-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A liquid medicine advertised for injection into the urethra or vagina as a cure or preventive for gonorrheal discharges, blennorrhoea, urethritis etc. Two scenes leading to sexual activity, divided by the head of Hippocrates: a man and a woman walking in a forest, and men in opera boxes looking at ballerinas through opera glasses. Left, a woman weeping and a man in despair, both having contracted a sexually transmitted disease

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(Paris : F. Appel), [approximately 1865]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 29 x 24.9 cm

Lettering

Injection Brou. Approbation de plusieurs académies de médecine, ex-pharmacien et membre du conseil hygiénique et de salubrité. Dépôt général: Rue Lafayette, 33. & Boulevart Magenta, 112.

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Wellcome Collection 577321i

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