Organs of the human body illustrating the function of the "Clérambourg" laxative. Colour lithograph by Jakil, ca. 1930.

  • Jakil (Designer), active approximately 1930.
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[1930?]
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46905i
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Organs of the human body illustrating the function of the "Clérambourg" laxative. Colour lithograph by Jakil, ca. 1930. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The nervous system is shown as electrical wiring, the molars as mill-wheels, the lungs as bellows, the heart as a vacuum-pump, the arms as mechanical armatures etc.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1930?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in blue and red ; sheet 73.5 x 53.5 cm

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Lettering

Clérambourg grains laxatifs nettoient foie et sang, libèrent l'intestin. La machine humaine. Schéma du Docteur Brunerye. Jakil.

Creator/production credits

"Dr Brunerye" to whom this design is attributed in the lettering may be Fernand-Gabriel-Aimé Brunerye, author of Nouveau traité illustré de médecine et d'hygiène, of which an edition said to be the 111th is in the Bibliothèque de France, though no works by him have been traced in other libraries. His dates are given as 1896-1980 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art catalogue

References note

M. Robert-Sterkendries, Posters of health, Brussels 1996, no. 295
M. Robert-Sterkendries, La santé s'affiche, Bruxelles: Therabel, 2003, no. 536, p. 274

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Wellcome Collection 46905i

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