Moral Judgment in Evaluating Disease: Some Pictures for Discussion
Item
The Kind of “Assisted Emigrant” We Can Not Afford to Admit
Title
The Kind of “Assisted Emigrant” We Can Not Afford to Admit
Description
With its flagrant use of imagery and heavy handed presentation of health-related themes, this print captures the hysteria that surrounded the last cholera outbreak of the 19th century.
Creator
Graetz, Friedrich, 1840-1913
Subject
Graetz, Friedrich
Cholera
Skeleton as Death
Cholera
Skeleton as Death
Source
Gift of Beate Caspari-Rosen, 1979, collection of George Rosen
Publisher
Published in Puck July 18, 1883
Date
[1883]
Contributor
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Rights
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Format
Still image
Language
English
Type
Lithograph, colored
Identifier
print00656.jpg
