The Wasp — 1889 — page 380: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and advice columns** rather than political satire. The main content includes: - **"How's Your Liver?"** — a health advice column promoting liver remedies, reflecting Victorian-era patent medicine marketing - **"The Other Side"** — humorous letters to the editor with domestic complaints - **Multiple advertisements** for patent medicines (Pond's Extract, Wilson's Vaporizing Inhaler, Liebig's Extract of Meat, Epps's Cocoa) and local San Francisco businesses The **sole illustration** appears to be a bearded man's portrait, likely advertising patent medicine. The page reflects late 19th-century American journalism: mixing genuine advice columns with aggressive medical product marketing that made dubious health claims. The "liver complaint" was a common Victorian health concern, often treated with commercial remedies of questionable efficacy.