Punch,  1 (1841), 123.

To Sir Rhubarb Pill, M.P. & M.D.

Anon

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery, Caricature

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Charlatanry, Government, Politics


    Criticises the Prime Minister Robert Peel's support of the Poor Law and remedy for saving the patient 'labouring under a consumption' from 'a trip across the Styx'.



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