Life, 1892-10-13 · page 7 of 14
Life — October 13, 1892 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 203 The page contains two distinct sections: **Left side:** Three small comic panels showing domestic scenes at dining tables, illustrating "The Inquisition Away Behind." The article discusses Dr. Reichert from the University of Pennsylvania conducting experiments on dogs—cutting spinal cords and applying electricity to observe nerve responses. The satire suggests these domestic inquiries mirror inquisitorial torture methods. **Right side:** A larger illustration captioned "The Groom (very wearily): Why did you marry an ordinary chap like me?" The bride's response about her mother managing affairs satirizes marriages of convenience or financial arrangement rather than romantic love—a common target of early 20th-century social satire about upper-class courtship. The page critiques both scientific ethics and matrimonial motivations.
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THE INQUISITION AWAY BEHIND. R, REICHERT, of the University of Pennsyl- vania, has made some valuable discoveries. This kindly gentleman has learned by experiments on dogs that by cutting the spinal cord and applying electricity to the ends of the naked vagi nerves he can produce at will jerkings of the hind legs, twitching, and similar amusing results. Those readers who have ever hada nerve touched can perhaps imagine in a mild degree the sensations of the victim. This ornament to the University of Pennsylvania has also found that by cutting a hole in a dog's throat and injecting air with a bellows the victim displays a variety of convulsions, paroxysms, fibrillary tw that must be rare sport for the operator. 39 of these experiments. What had the dogs done that they should end their days in such inexpressible and prolonged agonies ? Who is, or ever will be, any better for it? The chings, etc., There were The Groom (very wealthy): WHY DID YOU MARRY AN ORDINARY CHAP LIKE ME? The Bride: | MAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA; MAMMA MANAGED THE WHOLE AFFAIR. University of Pennsylvania might spend some of its leisure time in ascertaining how this sort of thing is regarded by civilizec Americans. THE SAME, EVERY TIME. LT UTtER : Ab, Miss Pinkerly, you can’t imagine the tempta- tions that a young man has in a large city. Take drinking, for instance. When your best friend comes up, slaps you on the back, and says: “Old man, what'll you have?” I tell you it’s hard to resist. No less than seven fellows have asked me that question to-day. MISS PINKERLY (adméringly): And 1 can vouch for it, Mr. Tutter, that your answer was always the same. TUTTER (emphatically): \t was. THE Cucumber fights best when it’s down. comicbooks.com