Asiatic cartoon narrative

An example of the Catalan “auca” genre devoted to cholera, one I won’t pretend to translate…
(La Campana de Gracia, Barcelona, 1884)

Durable plagues

“Poor cholera, it keeps such bad company!”
(La Campana de Gracia, Barcelona, 1883)

Against cholera, cleaning up.
(La Campana de Gracia, Barcelona, 1883)

Suspicious cases.
(La Esquella de la torratxa, Barcelona, 1884)

Baggage disinfection at the Spanish-French border: Luggage is disinfected by the locomotive steam.
(Das interessante Blatt, Vienna, 1890)

“Why the hell has this flu epidemic been dubbed Spanish?”
“Because it is very difficult to neutralize.”
(Le Rire, Paris, 1918)