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“You feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk.”

From 1942 or so. Found on the back of a newspaper clipping.

From 1942 or so. Found on the back of a newspaper clipping.

So what exactly was in Carter’s Little Liver Pills? A laxative.

I guess not having calomel was a good thing since it often caused mercury poisoning.

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“It’s just the flu.”

1905 ad for Horsford's Acid Phosphate
1905 ad for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Let’s go back to calling influenza “the grippe”.

Did you know acid phosphate was one of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola and essential at soda fountains?

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Be smart. Be brave. Be vaccinated.

Cover illustration by Dick Sargent for The Saturday Evening Post’s March 3, 1962, issue.
Cover illustration by Dick Sargent for The Saturday Evening Post’s March 3, 1962, issue.

Get a grippe.

Thanks to this display at an auction, I now know that influenza/flu used to be known as the grippe.

For Constipation and Biliousness

I am pleased to say I went home with the true jewel of the auction.

when your child needs an enema…

Fleet Enema ad found in Today’s Health magazine, April 1956


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