To cure mumps the patient was led by an ass-halter three times round a pig-sty. A handbook of Irish folklore G. O'Suilleabhain : 'Pro-Actidil'.

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1966
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To cure mumps the patient was led by an ass-halter three times round a pig-sty. A handbook of Irish folklore G. O'Suilleabhain : 'Pro-Actidil'. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One of a series of leaflets (Irish folklore) issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Pro-Actidil. Showing a pig farmer attempting to cure a person with mumps.

Publication/Creation

1966.

Physical description

1 sheet : colour ; 20 x 20 cm

Notes

Copy 1. Front half only.

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