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An advertisement in St Andrews Citizen, 19 January 1935
Tag: cures
‘LIGHTNING COUGH CURE’
Vaccines are vitally important. Transparency in science – just as important!
Dose to Cure
An advertisement in Country Life, 31 May 1962
CURE YOURSELF [64 page booklet]
These side-by-side advertisements were printed in the Kirkintilloch Gazette, 24th February 1933. If, in reading the 64 page booklet, you did not CURE YOURSELF, at least you knew where to … Continue reading CURE YOURSELF [64 page booklet]
VALDA PASTILLES
A ‘SPEEDY CURE’ and ‘INFALLIBLE SAFEGUARD’ as advertised in the Dundee Courier, 25 November 1911.
‘A Guide to Old Age or A Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth’
Mimi Matthews in this blog describes how patent medicines were everywhere in he 18th and 19th century: “These various powders, potions, elixirs, and cordials were primarily peddled by quacks, some … Continue reading ‘A Guide to Old Age or A Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth’