Judge — October 27, 1923 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, October 27, 1923 This satirical cartoon depicts two fashionably dressed women in 1920s attire sitting together. The dialogue references osteopaths—practitioners of osteopathy, a medical field that was controversial and often mocked during this era. The joke hinges on one woman's admission that she became engaged to an osteopath specifically to receive his "treatments" for her ailments. The satire mocks both the questionable medical practices of osteopathy and the romantic entanglements that might result from seeking such care. The 1920s saw widespread skepticism about osteopathic medicine, which was sometimes viewed as quackery. The cartoon appears to ridicule the desperation of women seeking health remedies and the dubious professional relationships that could develop, reflecting period anxieties about medical fraud and courtship propriety.