Waiting for the Verdict [Dr. Friedman and The Great White Plague]
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Title
Waiting for the Verdict [Dr. Friedman and The Great White Plague]
Description
Editorial cartoon by C. R. Macauley, originally published in the New York World. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p. 226.
A skeletal spectre waits outside an office with a plaque labelled "Dr. Friedman."
Friedrich Franz Friedmann was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City in 1913 to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic. The New York City Board of Health rejected his claims and the clinic was closed.
A skeletal spectre waits outside an office with a plaque labelled "Dr. Friedman."
Friedrich Franz Friedmann was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City in 1913 to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic. The New York City Board of Health rejected his claims and the clinic was closed.
Creator
Macauley, Charles Raymond
Source
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p. 226. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1913 April
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Citation
Macauley, Charles Raymond , “Waiting for the Verdict [Dr. Friedman and The Great White Plague],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 27, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/394.