Hara‑Kiri n°106 (Juillet 1970) is a strong example of the magazine’s early‑1970 shift toward photographic absurdism, using staged imagery and dark humour to parody medicine, public ignorance, and pseudo‑scientific advice.

The cover features a man lying on the ground with his stomach exposed. Drawn directly onto his torso are the words "ici" and "pas là", separated by a dashed semi‑circular line — mimicking a surgeon’s diagram or an instruction manual. Above him, a man in red socks and polished shoes appears to be jumping or preparing to land, creating a surreal, unexplained medical gag.

This visual joke supports the headline:

“Sachez pratiquer la digestion artificielle”(“Learn how to perform artificial digestion”)

Rather than genuine medical commentary, the cover lampoons the flood of self‑help guides and amateur medical advice that became popular in the late 60s and early 70s. Hara‑Kiri mocks the idea that complex internal bodily processes can be solved with crude, oversimplified instructions — here illustrated by literally writing directions onto the stomach.