Pharmaceutical bill-head of Injection Brou: the head of Hippocrates, a couple in a forest and ballet dancers. Etching, 186-.
- Date:
- [approximately 1865]
- Reference:
- 577321i
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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
Publication/Creation
(Paris : F. Appel), [approximately 1865]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 29 x 24.9 cm
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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.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 577321i
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Location Status Access Closed stores