A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.

A temple with a fountain, representing sandbath treatment for gout and other diseases at Bad Köstritz. Colour lithograph attributed to P. Scheurich, ca. 1910.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 71.3 x 46.8 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 62 x 47 cm

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