Wellcome Medical Folklore Calendar
- Date:
- 1969
- Reference:
- WF/M/PB/31/08
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Burroughs Wellcome & Co. desk/hanging calendar illlustrated with tales of folklore. Includes advertisements for Wellcome products.
The folklore tales are taken from: E. & M. A. Radford, Encylopaedia of Supersitions and D. James, Folk and Modern Medicine.
The tales contain cures for ailments, for example, a cure for earache (dropping snail froth into the infected ear), and a cure for skin itches (treating the infected area with hot water and soft soap applied with a corncob, followed by a lotion composed of lard and sulphur or gunpowder).
Publication/Creation
1969
Physical description
1 item
Copyright note
Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores