(Vikingen, Oslo, 1865)

After inspecting Miss Stabell’s farm on Rohdeløkken and thus suiting Morgenbladet [the establishment newspaper], the Public Health Commission sleeps the sleep of the righteous in its armchair without having any idea that cholera is killing thousands of pilgrims in Egypt.

The Public Health Commission suddenly wakes up and discovers to its dismay that Cholera is fast approaching.

The Public Health Commission immediately hurries to sweep Oslo’s gutters and “cut a broad swathe.”

Whereupon the Public Health Commission goes back to sleeping the sleep of the righteous, while Cholera…

War and cholera
(Vikingen, Oslo, 1866)

Cholera has finally arrived in Oslo, received by a deputation from the country’s health commissions.
(Vikingen, Oslo, 1866)

How is it that a cholera doctor can feel fine while patients aren’t.
(Vikingen, Oslo, 1866)

At the Karl-Johan Gate (in central Oslo) (man spreading slaked lime)
On the banks of the Akerselven River (running through Oslo)
(Vikingen, Oslo, 1892)