Peptonate de Fer Robin: la peste au siege de Damiette

Peptonate de Fer Robin: la peste au siege de Damiette

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
Peste au siege de Damiette
Contributor(s):
Martin, Charles, 1884-1934, illustrator
Robin Laboratories, issuing body.
Publication:
Paris : Laboratorios Robin, [between 1905 and 1935?]
Language(s):
French
Spanish
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nonprescription Drugs
Plague
Genre(s):
Advertisement
Abstract:
Advertisement for Peptonate de Fer Robin. Card features a color illustration of the plague in Damietta, Egypt during a crusade. A dead knight with chainmail and a white cape is leaning against a tree with a crow pecking at his face. In his left hand is a sword and his large shield is designed with red and white checkers and red crosses. In the bottom left corner is a pile of dead knights, with a murder of crows flying towards them from the right. The sky is mostly red with smoke coming from a city and pile of bodies in the background, living knights on horses with spears and shields next to it.
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:
101750978 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1370214971
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101750978