Punch,  56 (1869), 55.

Hygiene

C K *

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

C K *

Subjects:

Nutrition, Disease


    Shows a 'Hearty Old Gentleman' and his 'Dyspeptic Friend' sitting at a dinner table. Responding to his friend's complaint that the dinner did not agree with him, the old gentleman explains that he eats and drinks what he likes, finishes his meals with a 'good stiff glass o'grog at bed-time, and go[es] fast asleep, an' let[s] 'm fight 't out 'mong 'emselves!!!'.



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