Punch,  17 (1849), 96.

Fatal Facility; or, Poisons for the Asking

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Satire

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

J L, pseud.  [John Leech] *

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals, Quackery, Commerce


    Shows a male figure, 'a Duly Qualified Chemist', in his shop responding to a young child who, from behind the counter, asks: 'Will you be so good as to fill this bottle again with Lodnum, and let mother have another pound and a half of Arsenic for the rats!'.



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