A white hand blocking out cold and influenza; advertising Calonat remedy for cold and influenza. Colour lithograph by Frey, ca. 1962.

  • Frey, poster designer.
Date:
[1962?]
Reference:
659518i
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About this work

Description

Calonat is the name of a drug formerly (until ca. 2004) manufactured by Democal S.A. of Villars, Switzerland, for use in fever after exposure to cold. It contains aspirin and the disinfectant carbasalatum calcicum. In 2005 Democal became part of Vifor A.G. of Villars, part of the larger Galenica Group (information from websites of the respective companies, 2007)

Publication/Creation

[Switzerland] : [Democal S.A.?], [1962?] (Zürich : Druck: Hug & Söhne A.G.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 127.5 x 90.3 cm

Lettering

Erkältung Grippe: Calonat Brausetabletten helfen rasch und zuverlässig. Frey

Reference

Wellcome Collection 659518i

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