Puck (72:1872), page 8-9, center of complete issue. By Gordon Grant, about regulating prostitution and eliminating police graft. Sign says "Health Department." Hansen database #908.
Harper's Weekly (4:175), page 273, front cover. Lower half is drawing of woman in Bellevue with rats on her bed. Story entitled "Rats in the Hospitals" continues on page 274. Hansen database #72.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (34:862), cover of a complete issue. Three images on smallpox: "The Small Pox Excitement-Strapping the calf to the operating table," "The Small Pox Excitement-Dr. Chambon inoculating the calf with vaccine virus," "The Small Pox Excitement-Dr. Chambon vaccinating patients in his parlor with virus taken directly from the animal. See page 54." Hansen database #2402.
Merry Maker (7:9), cover of complete issue. Formatted and laid out like the contemporary Life magazine, cartoon showing Uncle Sam shooting cannon balls each labeled "pill" into the mouth of a monkey-like toreador. Uncle Sam has no stethoscope or doctor's bag, so the pills are the only medical signifier. Masthead appears on page 16. "The Merry Maker and American House and Home: A journal of Humorous Literature, published monthly by the House and Home publishing Co., 154 Nassau Street, New York City." Subscription is 50 cents a year in advance. Back cover has a story without words in six scenes. "The Rise and Progress of a Mad Dog Scare" including panicked people and a policeman shooting wildly. In the end a calm dog walks away. Signed "Phillips--Dunk." Hansen database #4450
Puck (6:142), page 624, back cover. Early two-color printing, peach and light blue. J. A. Wales. Nice couple is surrounded by beggars. Puck to the Commission of c & c (charities and corrections?): "If you can't remove these people from the streets on the score of Charity, do it for Decency's sake." Background shows homes for the poor, the blind, the aged, and cripples. One is named Mt. Sinai. Hansen database #300.
