Picture Post investigates a treatment for cancer.

Date:
1950
  • Books

About this work

Description

The main focus of this is 17 pages of article written by Tom Hopkinson and photographs about the work of David Rees Evans and his 'Cardigan Cancer Cure'. There are also attractive period advertisements for: Harpic disinfectant, Shredded Wheat, Minors cigarettes, Lux washing powder and toilet soap, Silvikrin shampoo (promoted as a hair restorer), Colgate toothpaste, Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum, Gillette razor blades, Pond's face powder, Pear's Nutriline hair restorer, Carnation Milk, Nivea creme, Kellogg's All-Bran natural laxative breakfast cereal, Rowntree's Cocoa, Astral skin cream with a full page advert on the back cover for duMaurier cigarettes.

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Hulton Press], 1950.

Physical description

52 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 34 cm.

Notes

Cover title.
Magazine dated 9 September 1950. Volume 48, no. 11.

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Where to find it

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