Judge, 1916-04-22 · page 7 of 28
Judge — April 22, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A convert to communism ("converted 'em—on the spot!") has stolen from a visitor's home. The satire targets early 20th-century American anxieties about communism as a corrupting ideology that turns respectable people into thieves. The irony: a European intellectual (likely Professor Raikes-Horger) inadvertently radicalized someone through abstract philosophy, leading to practical criminality. This reflects Judge's conservative stance mocking both communist ideology and naive intellectuals. **Bottom Section:** "Medical Advice" lampoons pretentious doctors who use obscure Latin medical terminology (coryza, angina, pharyngitis, etc.) to impress patients rather than diagnose clearly. The patient's admission of having *all* these conditions simultaneously exposes the doctor's superficiality. The punchline—prescribing rest, nurses in fancy uniforms, and leisure reading—suggests wealthy patients receive performative rather than genuine medical care. This is social satire on class-based medical practice and professional pomposity.
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