Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Invention

    Discusses an article in a 'Transatlantic newspaper' for a 'Patent Cat Exterminator' which consists of a clockwork-driven cast-iron cat that attracts and kills real cats. The author is dismayed by the prospect of cast-iron cats prowling on housetops and caterwauling all night.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Politics, Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Morality

Genre:

Diary, Spoof, Serial

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Zoological Gardens, Animal Behaviour

Institutions mentioned:

Zoological Society—Gardens Zoological Society of London —Gardens
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Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Railways, Accidents, Crime

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Physiology, Heroism, Patronage

    Noting the approaching tercentenary of William Harvey's birth, discusses the proposal by the people of Folkstone (where Harvey was born) to erect a statue of the 'great Physician'. Applauds the scheme and presents the address to which donations should be sent for building the statue.

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Religious Authority, Politics, Imperialism, Superstition

    Notes that Pope Pius IX Pius IX, Pope (1792–1878) CBD
Close   View the register entry >> urged his audience to pray that 'the stone will fall' and 'overthrow that Colossus'. Punch thinks the Pope meant to pray that 'an aerolite [...] may the German Empire smite'. Notes that the 'Pope's Bull [...] Is against a Comet unerring' and so 'an Asteroid 't will compel / To pound you dead as a herring'. Warns Prince Otto E L von Bismarck Bismarck, Prince Otto Edward Leopold von, Duke of Lauenburg (1815–98) CBD
Close   View the register entry >> about the appearance of shooting stars and meteors.

Genre:

Announcement, Spoof

Subjects:

Engineering, Railways, Transport, Agriculture, Commerce

    A list of several recently registered companies with details of their starting capital, including 'Mid-World Railway', 'Great Desert Fertilisation', and 'Himalayan Tramways'.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Exhibition, Zoological Gardens, Menageries, Religion, Religious Authority

Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Representation, Education, Expertise, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Natural History, Mathematics, Anatomy, Physiology, Botany, Light

    Contends that the most promising way to cultivate artistic genius and increase the number of good pictures at the Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts
Close   View the register entry >> is to subject artists, like scientists, to written examinations. Proposes to examine candidates on several technical aspects of their work including the chemistry, specific gravity, and biological provenance of paints, and the botanical, geological, and natural historical aspects of animal and landscape painting. Thinks artists should also master geometry and optics to help them with perspective, and should learn anatomy and physiology to improve their depictions of the human form. Recognises that 'no artist [...] could possibly make himself master of all the sciences' and reflects on the deficiencies of cramming.

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Steamships, Accidents, Comparative Philology

Institutions mentioned:

HMS Minotaur, HMS Minotaur
Close   View the register entry >> HMS Bellerophon HMS Bellerophon
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Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

W M Mackay, Wallis (1852–1907) WBI
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Representation, Machinery, Invention

    Depicts Mr Punch's suggestion to the Royal Academy of Arts Royal Academy of Arts
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Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Amusement, Zoology, Geology, Engineering

Institutions mentioned:

Thames Tunnel Thames Tunnel
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    A list of 'taxes' levied in polite society. These include 'Being asked to take down LADY HUMGRIFFYN to dinner, instead of pretty little MRS. PRATTLETON, because you happen to know something of the Troglodytes, or the Dolomites, or the Zoophytes, or something which happens to be her Ladyship's pet theme for conversation'.

Genre:

Regular Feature, Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Vaccination

Genre:

Song, Satire

Subjects:

Botanical Gardens, Botany, Expertise, Government, Class

    'Noble Savage' is a satirical depiction of the First Commissioner of Works, Acton S Ayrton Ayrton, Acton Smee (1816–86) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. He denies being a market gardener, having any knowledge of botany, or having any breeding, yet proclaims himself 'King of Kew'. He adds that he occupies 'an office of inferiority', but is superior to the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Close   View the register entry >>, Joseph D Hooker Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Ayrton recognises Hooker's botanical expertise, but aserts that either Hooker will have to resign or he will. Notes that when he and Hooker, a 'scientific gentlemen' who 'expects to have his way', disagree about 'a plan / As it ever has been since the world began', Hooker must obey him. Admits that he is no 'respecter of gentlemen / Nor of scientific swells', and urges people to talk to the bear in the Zoological Society Gardens Zoological Society of London —Gardens
Close   View the register entry >> about courtesy. Admits that he lacks Ædile's taste, but defies the reader's indignation in wanting Hooker to be dismissed.

Genre:

Regular Feature, Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Heat, Meteorology, Controversy, Government, Politics, Pollution, Public Health, Mining

    Notes that while the sun is 'in his present excited state' and is emitting 'quadrillions of tons of whatever it is that he makes us hot with', a wise man will be brief. Adds that 'heat expands some things (as the dear little girl knew, who explained that the days were long in hot weather on that account), but does not expand paragraphs'. Also notes that Edward H Stanley (15th Earl of Derby) Stanley, Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby (formerly styled 'Lord Stanley') (1826–93) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> called attention to Acton S Ayrton's Ayrton, Acton Smee (1816–86) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> 'behaviour' towards Joseph D Hooker Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Thinks that Derby is 'the man to right the wrongs of "the judicious HOOKER"'. Also notes the complaint by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archibald C Tait Tait, Archibald Campbell (1811–82) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, concerning the 'abominable nuisance of the Lambeth Potteries' Smoke', Benjamin Disraeli's Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–81) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> discussion of the 'Public Health Bill', and the debates on the bills for coal mines and Irish railways. (34)

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Agriculture, Analytical Chemistry, Charlatanry

    With a title taken from Francis Quarles Quarles, Francis (1592–1644) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, Mr Punch informs the 'British Farmer' that in his recent article on manures (Anon, 'Chemistry for Countrymen', Punch, 62 (1872), 255), he did not intend to claim that everything called 'Phospho-Guano' was worthless. Appeals to Justus von Liebig's Liebig, Justus von (1803–73) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> favourable views on the substance. Advises the British Farmer to 'doctor his land' with these 'medicaments'. Adds that Mr Little Little, Mr (fl.1871) PU1/62/25/2
Close   View the register entry >>, on whose views he based his article, 'disclaims any idea of confounding a worthy manufacture with a quack compound'.

Genre:

Poetry, Satire

Subjects:

Cruelty, Animal Behaviour, Class, Crime

    Possessing the accent of an English cad, the author describes how the 'Nobillaty and Gentery' have two gun clubs, and shoot pigeons at Wormwood Scrubs and at Hurlingham Park. Callously insists that 'The Pidgeons ain't of No Account / If their Leggs and Wings is broke' and points out that since dog-fighting and badger-baiting are illegal, pigeons are 'Priviledged Creeters in the Site / Of the Blessèd British Lawr'.

Genre:

Regular Feature, Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Sanitation, Mining, Health, Adulteration

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Nutrition, Cultural Geography

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Invention, Public Health, Amusement

    A series of news reports, one of which claims that 'A new system of ventilation has been invented for the use of some of our theatres. Two or three stupid plays, and nothing attractive in artistes, and the house, will be quite empty and charmingly cool'.

Genre:

Illustration, Caricature

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

J T Tenniel, Sir John (1820–1914) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Alchemy, Commerce, Politics

    Subtitled 'A Tale of Wonder and Enchantment', the illustration shows French head of state, Adolphe Thiers Thiers, Louis Adolphe (Adolphe) (1797–1897) CBD
Close   View the register entry >>, as an alchemist, dressed in a black cape covered with alchemical symbols. He stirs a black cauldron, on which are inscribed the words 'Credit' and 'Confidence', and out of which flows a stream bearing the words '£120,000,000 Loan'. He is flanked by a princess and a witch-like figure who wears a hat bearing the word 'communism'.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Agriculture, Nutrition

Publications cited:

Lancet Lancet (1823–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Zoological Gardens

    Discusses a report in The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >> of a boa-constrictor that 'moped, slept, and refused to be comforted' after its owners departed, but excitedly greeted them on their return. Suggests that future issues of the The Times might include advertisements for lost snakes, and that these animals might fulfil the role of dogs, as they could be burglar deterrents and companions.

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

C K Keene, Charles Samuel (1823–91) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Medical Treatment, Gender, Medical Practitioners, Religious Authority, Religion

    The illustration shows a doctor conversing with Mrs McCawdle, whose husband can be seen lying ill in bed. The doctor warns Mrs McCawdle to stop giving her husband medicine, adding that 'A sound sleep will do him more good than anything'. Mrs McCawdle agrees but wishes they 'could only get him taw the kirk!!'—a reference to the tedium of sermons.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Sanitation, Pollution, Public Health

    Discusses news that 'extensive plans are now in progress' to utilise the sewage of Windsor Castle Windsor Castle
Close   View the register entry >> and Frogmore House. Considers that this will provide water without the harmful 'additions'. Thinks the water from Windsor Castle will be 'an example to many towns' which could 'utilise' the sewage with which they 'infect' rivers.

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Ornithology, Hunting, Cruelty, Politics, Government

    Comprises the utterances of various species of birds which complain about being excluded from the wildfowl bill and thus not protected from game-hunters.

Genre:

Regular Feature, News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Botanical Gardens, Government, Politics, Controversy, Environmentalism, Hunting, Ornithology

    Reports on the discussion, prompted by Edward H Stanley (15th Earl of Derby) Stanley, Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby (formerly styled 'Lord Stanley') (1826–93) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, of the dispute between the First Commissioner of Works, Acton S Ayrton Ayrton, Acton Smee (1816–86) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> and and the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Close   View the register entry >>, Joseph D Hooker Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Notes that several distinguished figures have signed a memorandum complaining of Ayrton's behaviour, including Charles Lyell Lyell, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1797–1875) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, Charles R Darwin Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>, Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>, John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>, James Paget Paget, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1814–99) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, Henry Holland Holland, Sir Henry (1788–1873) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, Henry C Rawlinson Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke (1810–95) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, William Spottiswoode Spottiswoode, William (1825–83) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, and the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians
Close   View the register entry >>, the Royal College of Surgeons Royal College of Surgeons
Close   View the register entry >>, and the Linnean Society Linnean Society
Close   View the register entry >>. William A A de V Beauclerk (10th Duke of St Albans) Beauclerk, William Amelius Aubrey de Vere (10th Duke of St Albans) (1840–98) WBI
Close   View the register entry >> declared that the Metropolitan Board of Works Metropolitan Board of Works
Close   View the register entry >> wished to retain Hooker's services. Punch expects Ayrton, the 'wrong-doer', to apologise for his behaviour. Reports the passage of a bill for protecting wild birds. Notes that George D Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823–1900) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> argued in favour of protecting the brown owl, a species whose nests he had 'ransacked' for eggs.

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

D M Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (1834–96) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment

    Shows a young 'son and heir', just home from school, 'surrounded by his adoring womankind'—his mother, sisters, and nurse. They all hold objects indicating that they are preparing for the summer holidays: the mother, for instance, holds a butterfly net, and one older sister holds a toy yacht. The boy, whose enjoyment of his holidays appears to have been spoiled by a toothache, exclaims that it 'just wouldn't the holidays be jolly, if it wasn't for the dentist'.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Disease, Animal Husbandry, Nomenclature, Government, Dissent

    Discusses recent government orders relative to the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, specifically as regards the slaughter of infected livestock. Thinks animals would call such acts the 'C. D. Acts' and that those animals hostile to the legislation would call them 'Contagious Dissenter Acts'.

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Amusement, Meteorology, Language

Genre:

Drollery

Subjects:

Collecting, Entomology, Physics

    Reports that Mrs Malaprop is collecting butterflies to understand the theory of 'caterpillary attraction'. Notes that she has been reading Alfred R Wallace's Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Malay Archipelago Wallace, Alfred Russel 1869. The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise; a Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature, &c., 2 vols, London: Macmillan
Close   View the register entry >>, which she calls the 'Himmalayan Archipelago'.

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Nomenclature, Gas Chemistry, Disease, Scientific Practitioners, Religious Authority, History of Science

    Observes that in the days of Humphrey Ditton Ditton, Humphrey (1675–1714) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> and William Whiston Whiston, William (1667–1752) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>, 'hypothetical chemistry' spoke of 'phlogiston', and fevers and tumours 'were set down to "humours"'. Adds that science had other words whose senses have been 'divested' by 'researches exact', and that 'the Sages of Nature have had their ontology / To revise'. Concludes by pointing out that the 'old Schoolmen's expressions of "Substance" and "Person"' were once imposed upon mankind but now 'contain no idea for kernel'.

Genre:

Regular Feature, News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Botanical Gardens, Controversy, Government, Politics

    Reports on further parliamentary debate over the controversy between the First Commissioner of Works, Acton S Ayrton Ayrton, Acton Smee (1816–86) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, and Joseph D Hooker Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Provides John Lubbock's Lubbock, Sir John, 4th Baronet and 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> case against Ayrton. Ralph Bernal Osborne Bernal Osborne, Ralph (1808?–82) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> is reported to have said that Ayrton was 'audacious, and also orchidaceous' regarding Hooker, but that he wants them to 'make it up'. Ayrton claimed that he had 'done what he believed to be his duty' and that Hooker did not make himself easily available for 'public service'. Ayrton claimed that his profession (politics) receives 'higher consideration than the science of organic and inorganic matter'. Reports that Ayrton claimed that Hooker had made 'grave charges against him' and that Hooker accused Ayrton of 'evasions and misrepresentations'. Adds that it was left to the Prime Minister, William E Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, to resolve the controversy. (66)

Genre:

Drollery, Drollery

Subjects:

Government, Politics, Scientific Practitioners, Status, Controversy

    Notes that the First Commissioner of Works, Acton S Ayrton Ayrton, Acton Smee (1816–86) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, considers his standing as a politician to be on a par with the standing as scientists of Charles Lyell Lyell, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1797–1875) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>, and James Paget Paget, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1814–99) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Questions why Ayrton is, accordingly, 'so low down the Government stairs'.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Phrenology

Publications cited:

Hampshire Independent Hampshire Independent (1834–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Botanical Gardens, Botany, Government, Politics, Controversy, Patronage

    Assuming the role of the 'Noble Savage', the poet 'clearly' but 'merely' sees the 'slighted' Joseph D Hooker Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>. Asks if 'Him of fair name would substitution rob / For Noble Savage of Ignoble Snob?'.

Genre:

Notes, Drollery, Serial

Subjects:

Travel, Navigation, Exploration, Geography

People mentioned:

Marco Polo, Polo, Marco (1254–1324) CBD
Close   View the register entry >> James Cook Cook, James (1728–79) DSB
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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Societies, Temperance

    Notes that most gatherings of 'professors and philosophers', including the British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
Close   View the register entry >> and Social Science Congress Social Science Congress
Close   View the register entry >>, are 'perfectly harmless'. Adds that congregations of 'fanatics and fools', including the United Kingdom Alliance United Kingdom Alliance
Close   View the register entry >> and the Anti-Tobacco Society Anti-Tobacco Society
Close   View the register entry >>, are 'essentially conspiracies against personal freedom'.

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Human Development, Medical Treatment

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Mineralogy, Chemistry, Commerce

    Argues that the 'chemical difference between the Diamond and Coal is so little, that Coal may be regarded as a form of Carbon approximating to that of Diamond'. Adds that while the difference in value between the substances was 'considerable', the price of coal is now so high that 'Coals are rapidly getting approximated to Diamonds'.

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Language

Genre:

Notes, Drollery, Serial

Subjects:

Zoological Gardens, Societies, Natural History

People mentioned:

Carl Linneaus Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl (1707–78) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Zoological Society—Gardens, Zoological Society of London —Gardens
Close   View the register entry >> Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Upsala Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Upsala
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Genre:

Diary, Spoof, Serial

Subjects:

Agriculture, Education, Colleges

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Physical Geography, Travel, Controversy, Phrenology

    Noting that the source of the Nile has only been conjectured, rather than discovered, by David Livingstone Livingstone, David (1813–73) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, notes that 'Other travellers are still at loggerheads about the question', their fierce letters to newspapers being explained by 'the preponderance of "Locality" and other perceptive organs over those of reflection, which contributes to make men roam, regardless of consequences, among cannibals'.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Invention, Language

    Discusses an advertisement for a 'Vowel Washing Machine'. Asks how it works and what function it serves. Wonders whether the machine would be of any service to foul-mouthed individuals, and whether it could be used to purify slang.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Narcotics, Health, Government, Politics

Genre:

Diary, Drollery, Serial

Subjects:

Societies

Institutions mentioned:

British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
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Genre:

News-Commentary

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

A C Chasemore, A (fl. 1871) Spielmann 1895
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Entomology, Animal Behaviour, Industry, Societies, Cultural Geography, Politics

    Relates the story of a pet eel kept by a 'learned Fellow of a certain University'. Reports on the account of a 'tame wasp' given by John Lubbock Lubbock, Sir John, 4th Baronet and 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
Close   View the register entry >>. Notes that Lubbock's taming of the wasp was not unprecedented and cites the example of 'Industrious Fleas'. Hopes other insects could be 'brought up to practise some branch of industry' and lists a wide variety of insects that Lubbock might be able to tame. Suggests that anyone who can tame hornets should be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and pacify the 'Irish hornet's nest'. Believes that Lubbock is suitable for this position, owing to his gentility and 'extraordinary attainment in science'.

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Scientific Practitioners, Archaeology, Anthropology, Phrenology, Biology, Physiology, Entomology, Ornithology, Zoology, Spectroscopy, Astrology, Anatomy, Rationalism, Religious Authority

    Believes that lovers of knowledge must be glad 'when the season comes [...] Of philosophers' meets and fruit, / Of science and sociology'. Notes Augustus H L Fox's Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox (1827–1900) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> claim that archaeology is a branch of anthropology, itself, according to Punch, a 'subject that's full of doubt'. Notes that 'the Sages' ignore phrenology but study biology, which it believes is another term for physiology. Considers physiology to be a branch of zoology and notes that some 'names' of fields, notably entomology, conchology and ornithology, 'tax dunces' etymology'. Claims that every science 'has with every other analogy' and accordingly notes that astronomy is related to mineralogy. Believes that 'spectral analysis proves / Things unforetold by Astrology' and that the particulars of Alexander Pope's Pope, Alexander (1688–1744) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> ontology will consequently become 'husks of terminology'. In anatomy, praises homology. Scorns tautology, a lesson that it believes the 'Rationalist School' apply to their 'neology'. Respects 'the wise men's rule, / Which from Science excludes theology'.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Geography, Exploration, Race, Religion, Unbelief, Morality, Cultural Geography

    Comments on a Pall Mall Gazette Pall Mall Gazette (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >> report containing the 'geographical results of the Looshai Expedition'. Draws attention to the part of the report claiming that the native women do not put rings in their ears and noses or blacken their teeth. Believes native women differ greatly from 'our own' and have not yet 'experienced the benefit of missionary enterprise'. Thinks the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archibald C Tait Tait, Archibald Campbell (1811–82) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>, would regard such 'heathen' women as capable of promoting (rather than corrupting) 'good manners'.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Nutrition, Machinery, Invention

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Hunting, Cruelty, Class, Politics

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

D M Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (1834–96) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander 1895. The History of "Punch", London: Cassell
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Anaesthetics, Gender

    In a hospital, Dr Evangeline, a female practitioner, asks Mr Sawyer whether he is busy tomorrow afternoon, for she has an amputation to perform. Mr Sawyer agrees to do the operation for her but Dr Evangeline points out that she only wants him to 'administer the chloroform'.

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Disease

    Perplexed by an advertisement placed by a surgeon who, 'being about to retire from ill health', wishes to 'dispose of a first-rate Business'. Notes that, although a surgeon has some control over ill-health, it is not clear how he could 'retire from it', unless by retirement to that place 'from which no traveller returns'.

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Surgery

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Miracle, Experiment, Natural Law, Medical Treatment, Controversy, Faith

    Comments on a controversy sparked by the proposal of Henry Thompson Thompson, Henry (1815–97) WBI
Close   View the register entry >> in the Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >> to assess the efficacy of prayer experimentally (Thompson 1872 Thompson, Henry 1872. 'The "Prayer for the Sick": Hints Towards a Serious Attempt to Estimate Its Value', Contemporary Review, 20, 205–10
Close   View the register entry >>). In the proposed experiment, two hospitals are built, and to each are admitted 'the same number and the same class of patients', but prayers are said for only one group of patients. If more patients are cured in the prayed-for group, then prayer is efficacious. Notes that the Morning Post Morning Post and Daily Advertising Pamphlet (1772–1900+) Water