Medicine and Madison Avenue: Laxatives and Indigestion Relief

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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.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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Company
- Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co. (23)
- Bristol-Myers Co. (14)
- Dr. W. B. Caldwell (7)
- E. R. Squibb & Sons (5)

Product
- Milk of Magnesia (23)
- Sal Hepatica (14)
- Syrup Pepsin (7)
- Pepto-Bismol (5)

Subject
- Subcategory--Laxatives and Indigestion Relief (66)
- Features--Children (15)
- Features--Coupons (7)
- Features--Premiums (6)

Year
- 1958 (19)
- 1930 (6)
- 1932 (5)
- 1934 (5)

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Includes products designed to promote bowel regularity, alleviate constipation, and soothe an upset stomach.

"Oh, Unhappy Day!"	She passed her Exams but her stomach Flunked!	Are You Becoming An Intestinal Cripple?	9J9124 Answers A Mother's Letter
He is an Animal-so are you	"30-Seconds-each-Night"	No Woman Should Take This Chance	What I Have Learned in 47 Years Practice
Modesty Is Charming but health is vital	Women's minor ills come from one cause	Ill and cross last night-Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin brought vigor by morning: How To Keep A Child Healthy	Only a doctor knows what a laxative should be
Prescription He Wrote in 1892 is the World's Most Popular Laxative	Watch Baby's Health Closely in Summer	Springboard for Saraka Sales	Mother Nature - as Health's Guardian
When Nature Warns of too much Acid	Perhaps Your Child needs Milk of Magnesia	Is "Smoker's Fag" Beginning To Get You?	Quick facts for the busy Doctor about Phillips' Milk of Magnesia
Every Person Who Smokes Should Know This	The Law	He Ate A Whale of a Dinner Then Smoked Incessantly All Night	He Spent His Days Worrying About a "Disease" He Didn't Have
He Feared He Had a Serious Disorder	Back To School - Back To Work	They're both in the swim today...	When Nature warns of too much Acid
Ask Your Doctor First Mother	One Risk No Mother Can Afford To Take	What to do When You Feel You're "Smoking Too Much"	Have You Crossed the "Fatal Forty" Line?

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