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Advert, Carter's Little Liver Pills for Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache Date: circa 1900
Wartime Beecham's Pills AdvertisementA 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
Children were force-fed spoonfuls of castor oil for treatment of constipation. Date: 1939
Comic postcard, Pretty woman and doctor, misunderstanding Date: 20th century
Toilet humour on a comic German greetings card - Karlsbad sparkling water is the best treatment for constipation. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century
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
Brimstone and Treacle -- probably a reference to a Victorian aperient medicine. 19th century
Information leaflet, Dr Williams Pinkettes, laxative pillsInformation leaflet for Dr Williams Pinkettes, tiny laxative pills, sugar coated, entirely vegetable. For constipation, sluggish liver and biliousness. Date: early 20th century
Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies
French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909
Use Tarrants Seltzer Aperient, to regulate the stomach, the liver, the bowls, to sure indigestion, and biliousness constipation
School dinner at Marlborough SchoolPupils and teachers pass round the custard jug to pour over their prunes during a school dinner at Marlborough School. Date: 1962
Electropathic beltAdvertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica