Pepto-Kola Robin: la peste : un lazaret

Pepto-Kola Robin: la peste : un lazaret

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
Peste, un Lazaret
Contributor(s):
Léandre, Charles, 1862-1934, illustrator
Robin Laboratories, issuing body.
Publication:
Paris : Laboratorios Robin, [between 1910 and 1930?]
Language(s):
French
Spanish
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nonprescription Drugs
Plague
Genre(s):
Advertisement
Abstract:
Advertisement for Pepto-Kola Robin. Card features a color illustration of a lazaretto, a quarantine station for maritime travellers. People in robes sit or stand by a wood canopy with a red roof. On the right are two people sitting, one in red robes, and a standing man. Behind them is a stone wall with a laying man, possibly dead, next to a pile of cloth-covered bodies. Beyond the wall, the top masts of white ships and a blue sky can be seen. On the left under the canopy are multiple people, one person in blue standing by a pillar. Sitting next to them is an old man with a white beard, around them adults and children are sitting or lying down, dead or alive.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 trade card : 11 x 14 cm
Technique:
chromolithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:
101750971 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1370213561
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101750971