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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.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
- Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co. (23)
- Milk of Magnesia (23)
- Features--Children (15)

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.

Take Hospital Tested Pepto-Bismol ...And Feel Good Again	Ill and cross last night-Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin brought vigor by morning: How To Keep A Child Healthy	Quick facts for the busy Doctor about Phillips' Milk of Magnesia	"enjoy the holidays" Eat Drink and...Brioschi
Our national propensity to Colds	"30-Seconds-each-Night"	"By Golly! This is the stuff" says Arthur Godfrey	My constipation worries are over!
An Important Message to Every Mother about Upset Stomach in Children	When Nature warns of too much Acid	How to combat the 7 most common ailments of mankind	When your mirror says "Coated Tongue" ...there's trouble ahead!
Perhaps Your Child needs Milk of Magnesia	What to do When You Feel You're "Smoking Too Much"	Women's minor ills come from one cause	Are American women really contented?
My family's constipation worries are over!	One Risk No Mother Can Afford To Take	My constipation worries are over!	Sweeten the Stomach to Sweeten the Child!
"Oh, Unhappy Day!"	Is "Smoker's Fag" Beginning To Get You?	Are You Becoming An Intestinal Cripple?	Today A Sparkling Saline Laxative Wherever Needed
Watch Baby's Health Closely in Summer	The Law	Every Person Who Smokes Should Know This	Ex-Lax Helps your child towards His Normal Regularity...gently...overnight!
Do what doctors advise for constipation after 35	Don't Just Ask For "Mineral Oil" Demand Nujol	He is an Animal-so are you	Feeling "Half-There" due to Upset Stomach?

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