Vintage aspirin poster from Buenos Aires, circa 1927. New in Health & Safety posters. (via Bring the Pain | Vintagraph)
Also, they’re both bright orange.
in the absolutely-no-surprise-here-department:
~ ABC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1920 (children’s health education pamphlet)
via Hagley Digital Archives

~ The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c., by William Kitchiner, 1822
“From 30 to 40 (according to the tenderness of the meat) has been calculated as the mean number of Munches, that solid meat requires…”
I…what…I…don’t…?/huh?

~ Mackenzie’s Ten Thousand Receipts, In All The Useful And Domestic Arts, by A Corps of Experts, 1867
~ Bridal Chef: Suggestions and Practical Recipes for the New Housekeeper, 1911
the bread is there to have a way to hold the butter in place…

~ The Woman’s Manual, Aurora Reed, 1916
via Harvard University Library
“To correct sodden sleepiness, eat little or no supper, take juice of two lemons.”
=:O
The way to keep well.

~ American Practical Hygiene of To-Day, by C. Gilman Currier, M.D., 1894
~ ABC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1920 (children’s health education pamphlet)
via Hagley Digital Archives
fuck that…





