Medicine and Madison Avenue: Cough and Cold

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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.

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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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- Unknown (11)
- Plough (6)
- Ayer Laboratories (5)
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Product
- Ayer's Cherry Pectoral (5)
- Luden's Menthol Cough Drops (5)
- Allenburys Pastilles (2)
- Broncil (2)

Subject
- Features--Children (22)
- Unknown (11)
- Plough (6)

Year
- 1958 (27)
- 1928 (12)
- 1929 (7)
- 1939 (4)

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Includes products marketed to provide relief from coughs, nasal congestion, sore throat and other symptoms associated with upper respiratory infections and cigarette smoking.

Talkie Stars End Bad Colds By Quick, Tempting Method	Virus Cold Or Asiatic Flu?	Doctors as Judges Name Quickest Way to Get Rid of Colds	Colds. Use The New Treatment Thousands Found More Effective During War!
For fast relief of cough and cold discomforts Candettes cough-jel	Mother! Stop Neglecting 3 Flu or Cold Zones	made especially for relief of children's colds safe... fast-acting...easier-to-use	Take No Chances With a Cold
OH - for quick relief	Mother! Your Child's Cough At Night May Be the First Sign of Chest Cold or Asian Flu	New! Like a Doctor's Cough Prescription	Ther's a Reason Why Musterole Relieves Chest Cold Misery Better--Faster!
Formula AL-14 For Colds. This is the most effective cold remedy in the world.	Faster, easier Relief For All These Cold Miseries with pleasant new liquid!	Romeos	Child Caught Cold; Pneumonia Feared
Thorexin speeds relief directly to the cough control center	Hospital-Tested Remedy Ends Colds In Thousands Of Pennsylvania Homes	What Is This?	Question, Answer
If you want to stop coughing - you can!	Now! The Cough Medicine Drop	Before your child coughs once more...	Not A Doctor... But He's Medically Wise... About Coughs
What Is This?	Sniffles, Sneezes, Stuffy Nose Common Symptoms of Asian Flu and Colds	Broncil Safeguards Children's Health	Medical Journal Reports Proof You Can Spare Your Family Days Of Suffering From Coughs Of Colds
Cold Sufferers!	smoke 10 take 1	Guarding The Family Health	Keep "Flu" away with Florida Mentopine Cough Drops

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