Life, 1900-08-30 · page 9 of 20
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# Analysis The top cartoon satirizes Irish immigrants in Baltimore. Three caricatured men—depicted with exaggerated features typical of anti-Irish propaganda—discuss sending relatives from a city asylum. The caption quotes one saying relatives look so similar that "you couldn't as somebody can tell not vat is der likeness between der difference of us apart," mocking Irish accents and suggesting the asylum's Irish patients are indistinguishable from their free relatives. The accompanying text sarcastically recommends Dr. Berkley's City Asylum as an "advertisement," noting it conducted thyroid experiments on eight institutionalized patients, two of whom died. The satire targets both the asylum's unethical medical practices and anti-Irish xenophobia—suggesting sending poor Irish relatives there as a solution.
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“ME UND MINE BRUDDER VE LOOKS 60 MUCH MIT YON UNNODDER AS SOMEBODY CAN TELL NOT VAT IM DEN LIKENESS BETWEEN DER DIFFERENCE OF US APART.” Send On Your Relatives. WE recommend the City Asylum at Baltimore for heirs and such like having insane relatives of property who are in the way. There is a very pretty record of some experiments made on the patients by Henry J. Berkley, M. D., of the Johns Hopkins University. Recog- , nizing the fact that the extract of *the thyroid gland, when adminis- tered to human beings, produces poisonous symptoms, and that ‘‘when this administra- tion is pushed even to a moderate degree, death is almost invariably the result, either through the advent of convulsions, or exten- 3 sive loss of weight with indications of profound a poisoning of the central nervous system,” he decided to make some experiments upon eight insane patients of the City Asylum. We skip the details, which are appalling, and, considering the epoch and the country, incredible. Of the eight victims, two became frenzied, one ‘absolutely demented and de- graded,’’ and two died. What better advertisement for the City Asylum at Baltimore? Send your feeble-minded relatives of property right on to Dr. Berkley. No sickly sentiment about him! Our Ethnological Corner. Snort Historres or GReat Races. THE CELTS OR HIBERNIANS. [ss race is bounded on the north by the Harlem River, on the east by Hell Gate, on the south by the Aquarium, and on the west by Jersey City. Its capitol is located on Fourteenta Street, which is also the seat of the United States Government, or will be soon. The race is actively engaged in political industries, and raises bosses extensively, It has the boss instinct keenly developed, not only among the males, but the females also, who in domestic occupations are monarchs. Every Hibernian woman is a queen in the house of a stranger. The race subsists chiefly upon whiskey, potatoes and votes. It was formerly governed by one branch of the Anglo- Saxon people. Now it rules over the other, illustrating the historical law of compensation. It is roving in temperament, having been observed as far West as Kansas City. (THERE is likely soon to be a new word in the dictionary. The word is partitionist. thus in English dictionaries : Partitionist ; Any nation that takes part In the converston and ctvillza- tion of any other inferior nation. Any one of a number. Partitiontst necessarily depends upon the presence of others, for, otherwise, there would be no partition; hence this ts ® word of association. :To Christianize. To grab. To assimilase. To wipe out. Der.: Fr., Eug., Rus., Ger, and U. 8, It will doubtless be defined comicbooks.com