Genre:

Advertisement, Spoof

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

L, pseud.  [John Leech] *

Subjects:

Railways, Medical Treatment, Accidents, Hospitals

    The 'Directors of the Great North Southern and East Western Railway' announce to 'MEDICAL STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS' their 'School of Surgery', consisting of hospitals in railway stations where frequent victims of railway accidents provide material for instruction. The illustration shows the figure of death as a signalman standing outside a railway tunnel.