Punch,  11 (1846), 259.

An Obliging Offer

Anon

Genre:

Dialogue, Drollery

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Quackery, Chemistry, Commerce


    An 'Old Lady' asks a chemist for reassurance that the substance he has given her is 'Carbonate of Soda' and not arsenic. The 'Shopman' is certain and invites her to 'try it'.



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