Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The Good Old Days of Drug Marketing

Just what the doctor ordered.

cocainedrops

For an enlightening look into the past of pharmaceutical marketing, check out this article to see lots more vintage ads:

Weed, Booze, Cocaine, and Other Old School “Medicine” Ads

While some inevitably take this as a condemnation of the pharmaceutical industry, I see it as a testament to the naïveté of the past and indeed how far we have come in our understanding of medicine.

What gaffes might we see on such a compilation in another hundred years?

Source: http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads

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