Punch,  30 (1856), 1.

Europe's Stethescope

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Commerce


    Playing on the similarity between medical and commercial language, discusses the examination by the 'medical financier', Lionel N de Rothschild, of the 'Chest of Spain'. Adds that Rothschild's analysis of the chests of Spain and Russia is pessimistic.



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