A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.

  • Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894.
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[1844]
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16553i
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Les malades et les médecins
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The doctor describes mixing the ingredients and then sprinkling the finished recipe in the newspaper columns, cooking up a handsome profit

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[Paris] (Place de la Bourse, 29) ; [Paris] (Rue du Croissant, 16) : Aubert : Pannier, [1844] (Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.8 x 19.1 cm.

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Les malades et les médecins. L'invention d'une nouvelle pate pectorale ... Lettering continues: Nous avons mis une once de réglisse, quinze cloportes...légèrement de guimauve, un soupcon de cassonade,...il ne nous reste plus à ajouter que deux escargots et un charmant lézard...en triturant le tout et en fesant convenablement mousser dans les journaux, notre fortune est faite!...[on mortar:] ultima ratio med... [On chimney:] 19. Ch. Jacque

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On p. 108 of 'Caricature médicale' by A. Weber (Paris : Éditions Hippocrate, 1936), there seems to be a completely different print by Jacque with exactly the same lettering

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Wellcome Collection 16553i

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