Life — December 13, 1917 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Life* magazine features a satirical illustration of a rainy street scene with well-dressed adults and children. The caption quotes someone claiming to be a "therapeutic-electric-psychological specialist" who treats patients with "double personality." The cartoon satirizes pseudoscientific medical practitioners of the era—specifically those claiming expertise in psychology and electrical treatments. The joke appears to be that the specialist diagnoses a child's misbehavior as a serious psychological condition ("double personality") rather than normal childhood behavior, reflecting contemporary mockery of overdiagnosis and excessive medicalization by fraudulent practitioners. The page also contains birth announcements and a photograph labeled "Francois Ramaguele, Baby 1923," suggesting this is a typical *Life* magazine page mixing satire with social announcements.