In a time before social media influencers
I came across this prominent advert in the Kirkintilloch Herald. The advert featured regularly in this paper in the years before the first world war:
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‘Pink Pills for Pale People’
An advert from March 1899: January 1915, Portsmouth Evening News: 17 October 1905, Ottawa Free Press: Fulford Place, Brockeville, Home of the Fulford family: Fulford Place, Brockeville, Home of the … Continue reading ‘Pink Pills for Pale People’
Wrapping paper
A UK psychiatrist, yesterday, on Twitter: “I’m thinking of using my stack of Yellow Journals for wrapping paper (I’ve memorised the contents)” All editions of the British Journal of Psychiatry … Continue reading Wrapping paper
“ABILIFY in the coffee machine”
This photograph was shared on social media by a trainee psychiatrist who is attending the 2019 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [#RCPsychIC] The trainee psychiatrist added this … Continue reading “ABILIFY in the coffee machine”
front-to-back and back-to-front
The front cover of the current BMJ (22 June 2019) asks: “Why are efforts to stub out tobacco failing?” alongside a graphic image of a map of the world made … Continue reading front-to-back and back-to-front
Crappy Branded Stuff
It has been many years now since ABPI introduced a new Code that put an end to the ‘gifting’ of relatively low value merchandise to healthcare professionals from industry representatives. … Continue reading Crappy Branded Stuff
‘Keith did not go quietly’
Keith Connors died on the 5th July 2017. Shortly before his death he helped write this obituary: Shortly before his death, I communicated with Leon Eisenberg and had this kind … Continue reading ‘Keith did not go quietly’
Lurasidone [Latuda]: vigorously marketed in the UK
The launch in the UK of Lurisidone began in August 2014. My previous post on Lurasidone (Latuda) which has now been marketed in the UK followed the financial interests of … Continue reading Lurasidone [Latuda]: vigorously marketed in the UK