Medical Folklore Calendar
- Date:
- 1966
- Reference:
- WF/M/PB/31/05
- 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 pharmaceuticals.
The folklore tales are taken from the following works: John Wesley, Primitive Physic; Victor Robinson, M.D.,The Story of Medicine and Edith Grey Wheelwright, The Physick Garden.
The tales include such advice as how to cure a convulsive cough (by eating preserved walnuts) and how to alleviate rheumatism (by smearing the wrists of the sufferer with treacle and then covering them with brown paper).
Publication/Creation
1966
Physical description
1 item
Copyright note
Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores