A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
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- 1832
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- 17853i
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As with the other 'Praeservativmann' caricatures, the text contrasts the variety of preventatives and cures that were suggested against the cholera with the helplessness of the individual in the face of the mysterious disease. The verse tells us that this mystery is a 'hard nut to crack'. The monkey has herbs hanging from its neck and in its hand
Publication/Creation
1832
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 28.5 x 20 cm
Lettering
Der Praeservativ-Mann gegen die Cholera ...
Lettering continues: "Nur eine Metall-platte, wie ein Teller gross, auf die Herzgrube gelegt und brav Pfefferminz genossen, dann, ihr lieben Leutchen, hat's gar keine Gefahr!" Mich nach Vorschrift zu bepacken/ Unterliess ich nie;/ Doch das Nüsschen dort zu knacken/ Heisst die Frage - wie? [On membranous ball:] Cholera
References note
On the 'Preservativmann' in caricatures on cholera, see Eugen Holländer, Die Karikatur and Satire in der Medizin, Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1921, pp. 175-187; and A. Weber, Tableau de la caricature medicale, Paris: Editions Hippocrates, 1936), p. 116-119
Reference
Wellcome Collection 17853i
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