Slide set: The fatal physic (comic: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1883-1888)

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Slide 1**

He turned to the still weeping husband and said, / 'The case is an awfully bad one -- but still

Slide 2**

He showed the prescription of wonderful length / Which mentioned some drugs of such terrible strength

Slide 3**

The chemist the mixture had scarcely tied down, / Than Hans was once more on his way from the town

Slide 4**

They seized on the bottle of physic in haste, / The cork was soon drawn and they each got a taste

Slide 5**

The pain in their stomachs each moment grew worse / Till they thought they would soon want a coffin or nurse

Slide 6**

They rolled on the green award with hideous cries / Their bodies swelled out to a terrible size

Slide 7**

Till he suddenly came within sight of a pump / And then he remembered the bottle he bore

Slide 8**

And when the old doctor stepped into the room, / He found there was mirth where he thought to find gloom

Slide 9

'Twas as long as his famous prescription had been, / And filled the poor peasant with rage and chagrin

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Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 128)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

unknown (earliest possible 1883, latest possible 1888)

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The fatal physic’ in Short lantern readings 6 (1889)

Notes

The images are obviously German in origin, as all text appearing within the images is in that language. However the artist is unknown - the style is apparently not that of Wilhelm Busch, the source of many similar British sets.

Collections

18 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3000474

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 21 December 2021

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Slide set: The fatal physic (comic: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1883-1888)