Cholera!

A multi-panel narrative by Mecachis (the pen name of Eduardo S. Hermua) in La Semana Cómico, Barcelona, 1890.

What many believe it to be

What it is in actuality.

Of course, between what is said and what is feared, there are people who find cases even in the soup;

so that, as a consequence, certain sites are extremely crowded

and that with such plausible motive, there are establishments that make their August [profit].

and doctors whom the epidemic thoroughly suits.

“Believe me: this cholera is nothing. Do you feel a little wooziness? Call the doctor. Headache? Call the doctor. Cramps or sweats? Always to the doctor.”
“And what are you?”
“A doctor, to serve you.”

The big prescription you can’t get [rest, the good life, good nutrition, etc.].

Final result of the epidemic: For the authorities: A shipment of large crosses

For the doctors. For the patients.

In sum: Nothing left