Juxtapositions IV

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He is chicken.

cholera man vs plague doctor
Left: Caricature ‘Cholera-Praeservativ-mannes’ after M.G. Saphir, published by P.C. Geissler, Nürmberg, c. 1832. Wellcome Collection, London. Right: Engraving by Johann-Melchior Füssli: ‘Abriss und Vorstellung derer Herrn Doctorum Medicinae zu Marseille…’, c. 1721. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürmberg.

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