Punch,  34 (1858), 245.

A Fine Stamp on Sulphur

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Homeopathy, Medical Treatment, Race


    Noting that sulphur cures a cutaneous affliction on the homeopathic principle that like cures like, suggests that the 'Lazzaroni of Naples' have been saved from this disease owing to the immense quantities of sulphur produced by the recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius.



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