The Wasp — 1877 — page 85: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th-century San Francisco businesses: - **Dr. Spinney & Co.'s Dispensary** advertises treatments for "chronic and private diseases" - **Dr. Salfield's Rejuvenator** promises to restore "exhausted vitality" and "vigor of youth" - **Dr. Granville's Valesco** claims to treat "female weakness" and "nervous" conditions - **Wells & Co.** advertises an "improved elastic truss" - **Muller the Leading Optician** promotes eyeglasses The illustrations include decorative engravings of opera glasses and a woman's face. These advertisements reflect period medical quackery and early commercial marketing targeting both men's and women's health anxieties—typical of *The Wasp's* revenue model rather than its satirical content.