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English: A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, 1844.
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English: A cynical doctor describes the contents of his new cough mixture. Coloured lithograph by C.
Jacque, 1844.
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English: "The invention of a new chest paste." The doctor prescribes a paste of licorice, brown sugar, two snails, and other items, and says that as soon as it attracts attention in the newspapers, "our fortune is made".

Topic-LCSH: Pestles. Mortars. Furnaces. Chimneys. Pharmacists -- France -- 19th century. Cough. Antitussive agents. Oral medication -- France -- 19th century. Profit. Medicine.

Genre/Technique: Caricatures Lithographs.
Français : « L'invention d'une nouvelle pate pectorale. » Nous mis réglisse, un soupçon de cassonade, deux escargots, etc.... « dans les journaux, notre fortune est faite »
Dimensions Physical description: 1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.8 x 19.1 cm.
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Inscriptions Les malades et les médecins. L'invention d'une nouvelle pate pectorale ...
Notes Series: Imprint: [Paris] (Place de la Bourse, 29) ; [Paris] (Rue du Croissant, 16) : Aubert: Pannier, [1844] (Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie)
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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 Cite as: Wellcome Library no. 16553i Photo number: V0011769

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