Doctor: “Our sanatorium is not counterindicated for you, you have strong nerves, they can handle it.”
(Krokodil, Moscow, 1955)
(Public health and disease themes largely disappear from Krokodil after the 1930s, when the Soviet health system finally developed sufficient capacity to serve a burgeoning urban middle class. Yet a Crimean sanatorium like the one depicted here was still a precious resource in high demand, and gentle satire of middle-class aspirations remained a Krokodil specialty.)