If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. A. Radford.

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1968
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If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. A. Radford. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One of a series of leaflets (Encyclopaedia of Superstitions by E. & M.A. Radford) advertising Actifed Compound Linctus, active against symptoms of the common cold, containing codeine. Showing a man being tended in bed by a woman, visited by a medical practitioner.

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1968.

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1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 17 x 22 cm folded to 14 x 22 cm

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