Punch,  19 (1850), 113.

A "Perfect" Joke

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners

Publications cited:

Bell's Life in London


    Claims that the reason why a blow leaves 'a blue mark after it' is because 'Blow in the perfect makes Blew'.



© Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Project, Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, 2005 - 2020

Printed from Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical: An Electronic Index, v. 4.0, The Digital Humanities Institute <http://www.sciper.org> [accessed ]