Punch,  31 (1856), 92.

To Chemists and Apothecaries

Anon

Genre:

Advertisement, Spoof

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Narcotics, Medical Treatment, Domestic Economy


    Advertises 'Tasteful Designs for the Night Lights of Chemists and Apothecaries' which comprise 'every variety of Death's-head and Cross-bones', thus allowing distressed wives and inebriated husbands to find 'the means of "quietness"' more easily.


See also:

PU1/31/3/3


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