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Constipation Collection

Background imageConstipation Collection: Advert, Carter's Little Liver Pills

Advert, Carter's Little Liver Pills for Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache Date: circa 1900

Background imageConstipation Collection: Wartime Beecham's Pills Advertisement

Wartime Beecham's Pills Advertisement
A wartime advertisement promoting Beecham's Pills, taken to avoid stomach upsets, headaches and constipation. The image portrays a woman who feels quite ill! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageConstipation Collection: Children were force-fed spoonfuls of castor oil for treatment of constipation. Date: 1939

Children were force-fed spoonfuls of castor oil for treatment of constipation. Date: 1939

Background imageConstipation Collection: Comic postcard, Pretty woman and doctor

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and doctor, misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Background imageConstipation Collection: Toilet humour on a comic German greetings card

Toilet humour on a comic German greetings card - Karlsbad sparkling water is the best treatment for constipation. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Background imageConstipation Collection: Two men with bottles on a comic German greetings card

Two men with bottles on a comic German greetings card - Karlsbad sparkling water is the best treatment for constipation. (1 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Background imageConstipation Collection: Brimstone and Treacle

Brimstone and Treacle -- probably a reference to a Victorian aperient medicine. 19th century

Background imageConstipation Collection: Information leaflet, Dr Williams Pinkettes, laxative pills

Information leaflet, Dr Williams Pinkettes, laxative pills
Information leaflet for Dr Williams Pinkettes, tiny laxative pills, sugar coated, entirely vegetable. For constipation, sluggish liver and biliousness. Date: early 20th century

Background imageConstipation Collection: Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Background imageConstipation Collection: French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat

French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909

Background imageConstipation Collection: Use Tarrants Seltzer Aperient

Use Tarrants Seltzer Aperient, to regulate the stomach, the liver, the bowls, to sure indigestion, and biliousness constipation

Background imageConstipation Collection: School dinner at Marlborough School

School dinner at Marlborough School
Pupils and teachers pass round the custard jug to pour over their prunes during a school dinner at Marlborough School. Date: 1962

Background imageConstipation Collection: Electropathic belt

Electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica


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