Frontispiece from a booklet published during the 1831 cholera epidemic. The man in the window (upper left) cries “Air!” The man on the street below him wants to beat something that has “light” as the root, but I can’t make out the final letters. (A Dutchism?) The woman in black enjoying her alcohol is crying “Long live cholera!” The men on horses are calling on everyone to enjoy life. The man in the red vest is saying “No need for concern,” while the well-protected Mr. Lux in black hood and gown has identified cholera with his telescope. Despite the didactic title, this is actually a booklet of light verse addressed to cholera: “And should you head off track to us, then you will soon know: We’ll remain strong, but you are weak!”
Wilhelm Schumacher, Most comprehensible and reliable instructions on the dangerous, plague-like disease cholera morbus. Provided with a recipe that teaches the safest means of protection against cholera, and surpasses and makes superfluous all the books that have already appeared and may still appear. According to the main medical results of experiences carefully compiled in India , Persia, Russia and Poland (Danzig, n.d. [1831]).
Sic Transit Pestilentia 