“When doctors disagree”

Subject(s): Cemeteries, Healers, Health care reform, Physicians, Progress

An elderly physician holding a box labeled “Old School Drug Cure” sits with bottles of various drugs labeled “Opium, Strychnine, Calomel, Morphine, Arsenic, Poisons, [and] Squills” in front of a crowded “Chockful Cemetery.” A younger man stands in the street, holding a large book labeled “New School Mind Cure,” with a sparsely populated cemetery labeled “No drugs Cemetery” behind him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-04-06

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Language

English

Period

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Page Count

1

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Cartoon

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

“When doctors disagree”. [April 6, 1898]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289103. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905. “When doctors disagree”. [6 Apr. 1898]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289103.

APA:

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905.: , [1898, April 6]. “When doctors disagree”. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289103.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.

APA:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.