Karswood Creosote Medicine Vintage Ad

A digitally restored vintage magazine ad for the flu medicine Karswood Creosote, from the 1910s. The ad poster featured a human body illustration,... more

by Gianfranco Weiss

Title

Karswood Creosote Medicine Vintage Ad

Artist

Gianfranco Weiss

Medium

Photograph - Poster

Description

A digitally restored vintage magazine ad for the flu medicine Karswood Creosote, from the 1910s. The ad poster featured a human body illustration, with a detailed explanation of what you see: "The dotted lines show the direction taken by the air during breathing.

1. The Nasal Cavity, always attacked by the microbes of Influenza, Catarrh, Cold in the Head, etc.
2. Passage from the Nose to the Mouth
3. The Throat, which becomes Soar from Colds, Fevers, etc.
4. The Gullet, or Passage from the Mouth to the Stomach
5. The Wind Pipe, or Passage to the Lungs
6. Bronchial Tubes, the seat of Bronchitis and Asthma
7. The lower lobes of the Lungs which become congested in Pneumonia
8. The Lungs, which are the seat of Consumption, etc.

The drug boasts itself as "a perfect, quick and certain Cure for Cold in the Head, Catarrh, Influenza, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, Incipient Consumption, Hay Fever and all Diseases affecting the Breathing Organs. It cures Toothache like Magic."

The tag line of the ad is "The Greatest Cure on Earth. Cures by inhaling from a handkerchief and during sleep." The medicine is produced by Griffith Hughes, chemist, Victoria Street, Manchester.

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October 1st, 2014