Medicine and Madison Avenue: Vitamins and Tonics

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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.

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Company
- Standard Brands, Inc. (15)
- Unknown (9)
- Vitasafe Corporation (7)
- Fleischmann's (4)

Product
- Fleischmann's Yeast (14)
- Vitasafe C. F. Capsules (7)
- Fleischmann's XR Yeast (4)
- Konjola (4)

Subject
- Subcategory--Vitamins and Tonics (46)
- Features--Children (11)
- Features--Coupons (11)
- Professional--Doctor (11)

Year
- 1958 (13)
- 1931 (5)
- 1933 (5)
- 1930 (4)

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Includes products designed to be taken by mouth in order to get extra vitamins and to improve overall vitality.

Konjola Went Right To Spot	Konjola	Don't Buy Medicine For Stomach Trouble	Try America's Wonder Medicine Konjola For Rheumatism, Neuritis
High Energy Tonic Great for All Ages!	Caught in his own trap!	The child who won't eat	The 80 per center-always falling a little short
Medical Advice from the Butcher the Baker the Candlestick Maker	Growing straight as an arrow...	Got a cold at your house? Your family needs Scott's Emulsion	One cold after another? Your child needs Scott's Emulsion
Recapture That "Rarin' To Go" 21 year old feeling!	How a Mother's Innocent Mistake Kept Her Child Pale and Tired for Years	Should Your Child Take Vitamins?	Wornout by midday? It may be Tired Blood Take fast-acting Geritol
After Flu, Cold, Sore Throat... If you feel run-down because of Tired Blood Take fast-acting Geritol	"Mommy...I want my vitamins now!"	I'm worried... My Husband's Idea of a Good Time - Sleeping All Day Sunday!	Do you feel like taking a nap every afternoon?
Do you ever wish you were single again?	He Didn't Even Kiss Me Goodnight!	"He Made Me Feel Like A Bride Again"	Just Imagine! My Story In This Newspaper!
Our Fights Have Turned to Kisses!	Expectant Mothers ..now is the time to save your child from Bow Legs and Poor Teeth	"Tired out, run down persons become completely changed"	"Bad skin is usually Nature punishing you for internal neglect"
These seven questions were asked a thousand times each	"Cathartics should be used only as a last resort..."	"Civilization's curse can be conquered," says England's Great Surgeon Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart., C. B.	Yours for better health thanks to discovery of Bon-Tone

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