Punch,  24 (1853), 203.

The Great Sarsaparilla Movement

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Quackery, Medical Treatment


    Noting the fads for such medicines as 'Pills', 'Elixirs', 'Lozenges', and 'Pastes', discusses the arrival of 'Sarsaparilla', a liquid medicine that Punch thinks is the result of 'Quackery pur sang'.



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