LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- It's Official, Festive Hangovers are Actually a Thing of the Past - Literally.

Scenes such as this one, from the caricature collection at the Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, prove that the Christmas hangover is in no way a new phenomenon.

First published on 12 December 1825, this image was created by Alfred Crowquill and etched by George Cruikshank. It is one of over 200 historical prints in the Museum's collection.

The caricature depicts a pale, unshaven man who is worse for wear after too many Christmas celebrations. There are dinner invitations strewn under the table and small figures and demons arresting a drunk depicted in the caricature.

The majority of the Museum's caricatures show images of health professionals, the personification of diseases and their treatments, and ridicule the claims of proprietary medicines.

In contrast, a small new display shows some of the Museum's political cartoons, dating from the 1790s to the 1820s, where the two worlds of politics and pharmacy did collide.

For more information or to arrange to see the display, contact the Museum office on +44(0)20-7572-2210 or museum@rpsgb.org.

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