Punch,  35 (1858), 12.

Our Nasal Benefactors

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Pollution, Public Health, Disease, Medical Treatment, Government


    Describes a rumoured government 'Smelling Expedition' to gauge the quality of the Thames, an expedition which consisted of politicians who had written their wills. They were allegedly accompanied by surgeons and 'every medical appliance to relieve them' of the effects of the stench. Speculates on ways of honouring such 'brave smellers'.



© 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 ]