The Wasp — 1891 — page 31: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page consists primarily of **advertisements rather than political cartoons**. The content includes: 1. **"Drunkenness" cure advertisement** - Dr. Cook's "The Helping Hand" product claiming to cure tobacco and alcohol habits by supposedly strengthening the heart, lungs, and stomach through a proprietary formula. 2. **Schreiber's Dietetic Wines advertisement** - Marketing sugar-free wines specifically for treating diabetes and gout, sourced from Austria and sold in San Francisco. 3. **Stronomen remedy advertisement** - An elaborate circular diagram promoting treatment for various ailments. The page reflects late 19th/early 20th-century patent medicine marketing, when unregulated products made expansive health claims. The satirical magazine's inclusion of these ads likely served as social commentary on widespread medical quackery of the era.