moar radium please!

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Kosmos, handweiser für Naturfreund, Dezember 1925, Stuttgart.

Schlüssel fur Gesundheits-Pforte: bei Haustrinkkuren Brambacher natürlichem der stärksten Radium-Mineralquelle der Welt., Wettinquelle. Gegen Frauenleiden, Adernverkalkung, Nervenleiden, Gicht, Rheuma, Ischias, undsoweiter. Bewahrheitet sich dies geflügelte Wort. Druckschrift 219 K durch die Badverwaltung Bad Brambach (Vogtland).

The Key to Good Health: a home drinking-cure with Brambacher Natural Radium Mineral-water, [from] the strongest radium-mineral-spring in the world, Wettinquelle [a hotspring near Bad Brambach in Germany]. Proof against female troubles, arteriosclerosis, neuropathy, gout, rheumatism, sciatica, etc. This dictum holds true [aka, these claims will prove true]. Publication 219 K from Badverwaltung ["mineral baths"], Bad Brambach (Vogtland).

(A repost from 2007, but with a more complete translation thanks to the help of several LJers)

Comments

[whoseline_wlsc]

Haha yes, I thought of that too!

YES

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Really, what could be scarier than this?

[misstia]

please put 'contest entry' in the subject! thank you!

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

actually I didn't mean for it to be a contest entry ... is that OK?

[misstia]

that is okay by me, it fits the contest though and i know peoples might probably comment YES.....and sometimes people post contest entries and forget to put that in the subject, that's why i commented as i did! :D entirely up to you!

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

I'm going to see if I can't find something "new" (to us, anyway) to use for the contest ... this was just in response to spuzzlightyear's posting http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/2220847.html

[roeskva]

They are still in business in Bad Brambach, I think? Where this water seems to be bottled:

http://www.bad-brambach.de/

"Herzlich willkommen im Sächsischen Staatsbad Bad Brambach, dem Bad mit der stärksten Radonquelle der Welt!"

(Cordially welcome to the Saxon government-owned bath/spa, the spa with the strongest radon source in the world)

They also have offers called "healing with radon" - and they show pictures of people drinking the water.

"Heilen mit Radon" (healing with radon)

(wirksam gegen Arthrose, Rheuma und Gelenkschmerzen) (effective against arthritis, rheumatics, and pain in the joints)

ab 599 € p. Person. (from 599 euro per person, for 14 days).

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had no idea. That is so cool!

Are you a native speaker? is the translation OK?

[roeskva]

I'm not a native speaker, but I am from Denmark and we're taught German for 4 years in school, so the translation should be OK. Though thinking about it I think it's called rheumatism instad in English? I'm not a native English speaker either - learned that in school as well :)

[roeskva]

And just found that they have an English version of their site - just click the UK flag in the upper right corner...*sigh* didn't see that at first :)