The Wasp — 1877 — page 66: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political cartoons. The left side features advertisements for Dr. Spinney's medical dispensary in San Francisco, offering treatments for "seminal weakness" and "private disease"—common euphemisms for venereal disease and sexual dysfunction in the 19th century. The right column contains a serious editorial piece titled "Sensations When Dying," discussing the physiological experience of death—not satirical content. At the bottom, there's a brief note about *The Wasp* itself, describing it as an illustrated weekly satirical publication. The page demonstrates how 1870s satirical magazines mixed genuine medical advertisements with editorial commentary, reflecting both the medical practices and publishing economics of the era.