Life, 1905-01-19 · page 32 of 38
Life — January 19, 1905 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising and content page** from Life magazine's February 1905 issue, not a political cartoon. The main editorial content is "A Fatal Fancy," a medical essay exploring **psychosomatic illness**—specifically whether hydrophobia (rabies fear) can be fatally induced by imagination alone. The piece describes a physician bitten by a rabid dog who refuses Pasteur treatment, believing the disease imaginary. It recounts anecdotes of patients who suffered poisoning symptoms from placebo treatments and a New Orleans doctor's experiment proving mind's power over the body. The essay concludes that imagination has indeed caused death in documented hydrophobia cases. The page is otherwise filled with **cruise ship advertisements** (Hamburg-American Line's Oriental cruises), **financial services** (Morton Trust Company, Redmond & Co. bankers), and **magazine promotions**, including Barney Oldfield's automobile racing story in *Metropolitan Magazine*. The content reflects early 20th-century fascination with psychology and the mind-body connection—a serious medical topic dressed in Life's typically sensationalized style.
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