Sífilis: Curación absoluta y radical en el Sanatorio para sifilíticos (Syphilis: Absolute and Radical Cure at the Sanatorium for Syphilitics)
An elegant woman in a pink shawl holds a white lily; behind her back, knotted into the shawl, a small dark snake hangs unseen. The word 'Sífilis' is drawn with serpentine letters and the text offers 'absolute and radical cure' at a private sanatorium. Fear-appeal tell: hidden danger behind an innocent surface, followed at once by the seller's remedy.
- Date
- 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Sanatorio para sifilíticos (Dr Abreu), Barcelona (design by Ramon Casas, printed by J. Thomas)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Spanish Restoration Monarchy
- Leader
- Alfonso Xiii
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Health
- Techniques
- Fear appeal
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wellcome Collection (London), work b17527211, reference 752721i, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Wellcome Collection Public Domain Mark; published c. 1900)
Wellcome Collection
Text on the object
SÍFILIS Curación absoluta y radical en el Sanatorio para sifilíticos Calle Mayor de la Bonanova · 74 · Para mas informes al Dr. Abreu, calle Vergara · 10 · Barcelona ó en el mismo establecimiento al Administrador Sr. Rumiá [Signature on image:] R. Casas [Printer, lower left:] J. THOMAS — BARCELONA
Syphilis. Absolute and radical cure at the Sanatorium for Syphilitics, Calle Mayor de la Bonanova 74. For more information, [ask] Dr Abreu, Calle Vergara 10, Barcelona, or at the establishment itself the administrator Mr Rumiá.
The administrator's surname is read as 'Rumiá'; the final letters are small and may be misread. Abbreviation punctuation (Dr., Sr.) follows the printed form as closely as legible.
