Judge, 1925-04-25 · page 11 of 36
Judge — April 25, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers This page reviews Sinclair Lewis's novel "Arrowsmith," a satirical critique of the medical profession. The review praises Lewis for exposing problems in medicine ("bathed the medical industry in belladona") while noting the book's literary merit despite its subjective protagonist. The two cartoons provide comic relief: the top illustration shows a domestic scene about art versus marriage; the bottom, titled "Ananas and Munchausen" (referencing a medical syndrome about fabricated illness), depicts two figures—likely representing types discussed in Lewis's novel—meeting casually. The review acknowledges Lewis's "two-faced" writing style creates characters readers come to appreciate despite initial resistance. It criticizes certain character types in the book (Max Gottlieb, Terry Wickett) as scientific stereotypes while praising the heroine Leora's devotion. The final quote mocking a British jazz band's American tour reflects contemporary Anglo-American cultural tensions typical of Judge's satirical stance.
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A Writer in Wrong (Continued from page 15) To put up a little bliff myself, T understand that belladona gerates defects of the wculists to get what's wrong. Well, in this Sinclair Lewis has bathed the medi- cal industry in belladona, He has poured it on like gravy. But the reader would not otherwise the entire idea as to what's the matter with the medies. Of course Lewis has done the pro- fession a fine turn, from our way of looking at it. His book is burning, Dut it) should be purifying. It doesn’t worry us plumbers to. see him scorch the doctors a little. If he turns on us plumbers, that will be different, but who knows, maybe we all need the blowtorch on some dead tissue. Tn reality, “Arrowsmith is a tribut th to true seienc and T hope is how the M.D. 's will regard nd if Lewis comes under their care atoany time soon, TL hope they won't exactly draw-and-quarter him. His method of writing itself is something of the labora His hero is something ry method, guinea pig. Lewis shoots him full of various sorts of germs and watches him wrig Science and intense studiousness a laziness and expediency battle in his veins. He is a good character but somewhat too subjective to engage complete reader sympathy. If there “igs 1 , ANANTAS AND MUNCHAUSEN When good fellows get together. “Baska He—I'm wedded to my Art! Sue—J should think she would divorce you for cruelty. © prof, scientific id any matings ide e Max Gottlic Imost unde’ di Terry Wiekett. roughneck scientific zealot. in the hook T like Lewis because he is a two faced writer, ple vou start out to hate you later find yourself loving Leora, the hi messy, buts ne, is ind yoand divinely devoted to her ma Arrowsinith, Lewis clowns a little too dy tis the bellad work, and he does po of all writing abilities, the power of folks 53 per cent good and 43 per cent. bad. « “Arrowsmith is) full of sueh lovely phrase ‘cookbook bacteri- « * 1 drawing 5. i ter that it will ein seientifie circles. And, for the present. it is without ques nat book to read through—or, at least. at. A British jazz band is to tour Atmerient. Serve them both right! London Opinion comicbooks.com