Vintage Health Advertisements

19th-century trade cards and illustrations humorously depicting various doctors and medical practices, conveying historical health themes.

Female surgeon adjusting surgical mask and a male doctor flirting with a female nurse

Lying Out of It / A Boxer, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco ca. 1891 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Jokes'" series (N118), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards ca. 1891 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco.. Lying Out of It / A Boxer, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. ca. 1891. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Millions of pairs Standard screw fastened boots and shoes worn annually without one sole ripping. What doth it profit a man to buy his boots made with pegs good enough. Mr. Fogy bought pegged boots and shoes.. Millions of pairs Standard screw fastened boots and shoes worn annually without one sole ripping. What doth it profit a man to buy his boots made with pegs good enough. Mr. Fogy bought pegged boots and shoes.

All got using David's Prize Soap besides the excellent washing it does. , Women, Wash tubs, Pianos, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Hall's Vegetable Sicillian Hair Renewer, Medical - Dermatolgy

Troelstra and Nolens in the hospital, Patricq Kroon, 1900 - 1930 drawing Troelstra and Nolens as patients in a infirmary. Design for a political cartoon. Netherlands paper. pencil. ink. paint (coating) pen / brush political caricatures and satires. patient, sick person

Half-length caricature of a doctor wearing glasses, holding a rattlesnake tail, and Death's Head on his cuffs, and surrounded by various types of doctors (i.e. dental, veterinary, quacks, women doctors, and law and divinity doctors) with a verse below.

A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Female surgeon adjusting surgical mask and a male doctor flirting with a female nurse

Poster, 'Buy Health Stamps', 1932, New Zealand, by Marmaduke Matthews, E Paul.

Pharmaceutical advertising Hepagastron, for the treatment of anemia. 1950s.

An American physician of the late nineteenth century, with his doctor's bag and horse and buggy; advertising the medicine "Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery". Colour lithograph by E.C. Pease, 1910.

Doctor is Our Friend, Christian Illustration

Dirt and discomfort! Nothing clean. Why don't this lady get Soapine Neat as a pin and sweet and clean are all things since she had Soapine. , Women, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy. Binghamton, N. Y. Consultation by mail free.. Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy. Binghamton, N. Y. Consultation by mail free.

Biliousine is a sure cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn &c. - Dolly's got sepsia. , Children, Dolls, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Pulling Teeth, Medical - Dental

Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy. Binghamton, N. Y. Consultation by mail free. , Women, Girls, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Pharmaceutical advertising Wassermann lecithin and cholesterol based on cod liver oil, in injectable ampoules. 1950s.

What are the babies after Lactated Food.. What are the babies after Lactated Food.

Craven A cigarettes - 'My throat is safe with Craven A . . . you can trust their smoothness and quality'. 1937

Wyandotte Sanitary Cleaner and Cleanser - for sale by all Grocers Date: 1910

Cartoon - The Doktor's Dilemma. John Collins (1917-2007)

Carter's Little Liver Pills, always cure sick headache. , Infants, Guitars, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Advert recruiting nurses to the new NHS medical service; 1949. The National Health Service (NHS). Aneurin Bevan as Health Minister, steered the establishment of the NHS, on 5 July 1948. The National Health Service (NHS) is the public health service in the United Kingdom.

Rubifoam for the teeth. Rubifoam for the teeth

Hypnosis: Introvision (power of looking into a body) 'The most practical and valuable aspect of supersensuous perception, is known as introvision' Patient, seated right, with introvisional subject, left, and assistant From William Davey 'The Illustrated Practical Mesmerist', London, 1889. Lithograph.

'Turkish baths at home, for health and beauty'. No form of bathing accomplishes such perfect cleanliness as the combined hot air and vapour bath. It not only cleanses the outer surface, but also opens the pores, eliminates impure matters and stimulates a healthy flow of - life's principle - the blood, clears the skin, recuperates the body, quiets the nerves, rests the tored, and creates that delightful feeling of invigorated health and strength. 1932

Hunt's Remedy - the great kidney & liver medicine. Never known to fail. Hunt's Remedy - the great kidney & liver medicine. Never known to fail

Advert for 'Sunlight' laundry soap

Mrs. Potts' irons vs. the thermometer. , Adults, Irons Pressing, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Hunt's Remedy - the great kidney & liver medicine. Never known to fail , Adults, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Sulphur baths. Use Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Cures all skin diseases. , People, Angels, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Immunisation is Simple, Safe & Free. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

So you think you've been cured of high blood pressure circa late 1900s.

Dref's Lazative Quinine Tablets, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Always Ready, Medical - American Red Cross

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for cold, coughs and all throat and lung diseases.. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for cold, coughs and all throat and lung diseases.

Even the general gets one like this , Barbering, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Join the Red Cross - all you need is a heart and a dollar Red Cross Christmas roll call, by :Harrison Fisher, 1875-1934, published 1917. Poster showing a Red Cross nurse in a cloak, extending her hand.

Glenn's Sulphur Soap - Cures all Skin Diseases, Medical - Dermatolgy

'If your child is under five'. Issued by the Ministry of Food. It isn't only the tiny baby, but the child right up to five years, who needs cod liver oil and orange juice every day. This is because bones and teeth are developing, the foundations of a "good constitution" are being laid, and childish ills and infections must be resisted. 1947

Red Cross Annual Roll Call, Medical - American Red Cross

Gastric lavage, The practical family doctor, A way to health, 1901, Breslau

Physicians who know the value of Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam in curing bowel complaints, use it with great success , People, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Even the general gets one like this , Barbering, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Picture series Pierrots cure and recovery, The moral of the story, healthy nutrition, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

'Why you catch sore throats and how to cure and prevent it'. Germs from a public telephone in constant use, and railway carriages are favourite breeding grounds. An experiment on two glass plates were covered with a substance on which germs thrive, one plate being also treated with Formamint. The plate without Formamint showed an abundant growth of disease germs. You can prevent sore throats by sucking Formamint tablets. This has been proved beyond doubt - not alone by scientific tests.

Hydraulically operated vibrator which massages the body Date: 1918

Parker's Tonic - the great health and strength restorer. Cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood. , Men, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

New Home Sewing Machine Co. A painful alternative. I will have a 'New Home' machine! A 'New Home' or a divorce, take your choice, sir! , Adults, Sewing machines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Toxoid prevents diphtheria print (1930s or 1940s).

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A lady in her slip weighs herself and is delighted to find that her bedtime treat of Bile Beans (yuk !) is keeping her healthy, happy and slim. Date: 1940s

Have you a Red Cross Service Flag.

Advertisement, 'Put This Twinkle Of Health In Every Child's Eyes' point-of-purchase displays, advertisements

I'm feeling much better. The climate here agrees with me , Nurses, Sitting, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Teeth; Their Care and Preservation, Medical - Dental

Cartoon - German Measles. John Collins (1917-2007)

Second World War poster issued by the British Ministry of Health campaign to help stop the spread of coughs and sneezes.

Read's 3 minute Head-Ache & Neuralgia Cure, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Muriatic Acid, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

What are the wild waves saying sister For a cold or chill use the Good Samaritan's Immediate Relief.. What are the wild waves saying sister For a cold or chill use the Good Samaritan's Immediate Relief.

Pharmaceutical advertising of Bayer Laboratories. Instantina, medicine against the flu. 1940s.

Shaker Family Pills cure sick headache , Girls, Flowers, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

A nurse cares for a wounded soldier - WWI. A card series examining the role women played during the war. Doing their Date: circa 1916

Husqvarna Symaskiner Burde Findes I Ethvert, Sewing

Pharmaceutical advertising Novatropina, antispasmodic, from Laboratorios Productos Medicinales S.A. 1950s.

I kept a-tellin' you that wasn't cough medicine, paw!! , Privies, Cows, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'Make sure you see as you should see.' Dr. Henry Lustig, Sr., Dr. Henry Lustig, Jr. , Physicians, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Advertisement for "Sanitas" fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections Date: 1900

Use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney, Liver & Bladder Cure , Children, Alligators, Cats, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney, Liver & Bladder Cure. Use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney, Liver & Bladder Cure

High blood pressure poster - Think you know what 'hypertension' means.

Use Carter's Little Nerve Pills, a cure for nervousness and dyspepsia. 'Don't be nervous' , Frogs, Infants, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Liniment, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

A large realisitc representation of the Toothbrush with yellow packaging, another image shows a woman in bath gown and pyjamas using the toothbrush Date:

RR. PP. Benedictins, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

America's Answer to Humanity's Challenge, Medical - American Red Cross

For the safety of the public. Willimantic, the best thread for sewing machines.. For the safety of the public. Willimantic, the best thread for sewing machines.

Mr. C. B Harness the president of the Institute and the other officers of the Company, may consulted free of charge on all matters relating to health and the application of curative electricity. Electropathic Battery Belt worn around the waist claims to help all nervous, rheumatic and organic disorders. Date: 1892

The End of the Feast': Boy in bed shows furred tongue to doctor who feels pulse. On table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative. Hand-painted cartoon by 'Cynicus' (Martin Anderson) English c1895.

Venereal Diseases - Quack "Cures" are Useless. Country: England Artist: Maurice Bennett Printed By: J. Howitt & Son, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Ministry of Health; Central Council for Health Education. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Make Nursing Your War Job. Country: England Printed By: Charles & Read Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

20 Mule-Team Boraxo for the childrens bath sooths the skin. 20 Mule-Team Boraxo for the childrens bath sooths the skin

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features an army nurse, a veteran in a hospital bed, and a caduceus. It declares - Symbol of Life, The caduceus, worn by the Army nurse, symbolizes life for our wounded, hope for our homes; a future, not just a past for those fighting men. Ten thousand registered nurses are needed at once for a glorious service of the mercy, gratefully received by all who need it. U.S. Army Nurse Corps.

World War II. 'Train to be a nurse's aide Phone your boro Civilian Defense Volunteer Office'. Civilian Defense Volunteer Office nursing recruitment poster, ca. 1942

Compliments of the New Home Sewing Machine Co. - Light Running. Compliments of the New Home Sewing Machine Co. - Light Running

Robert's Bracing - Up Mixture, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Advert for Milk of Magnesia, a white suspension of hydrated magnesium carbonate in water, used as an antacid or laxative.

We've fought in the open - bubonic plague, yellow fever, tuberculosis - now venereal diseases - USA Health Poster circa 1918

A positive cure for sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills. A positive cure for sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills

Advert for Dr. Pierce's family medicines by Clay, Cosack & Co. c1874.or the notion that a person's temperament and character can be deduced from the shape of his or her face or body

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