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calzephyr77.livejournal.com

I heard this today while listening to

old_time_radio and was surprised to find it on YouTube. There is no shortage of health ads on OTR and this one from the 1960s and constipation was apparently not as taboo as one might think.

write-light.livejournal.com

It's a wee bit racist. o_O Let's just say it fits the constipation theme. It takes the odd but still true idea that an active life can keep you regular vs. "you highly civilized people" who need a laxative.

( Maybe a lot racist... )

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"CONSTIPATION is also largely responsible fo the irritating effects which lead to the loss of PRECIOUS VITAL POWERS."

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beaver67.livejournal.com

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cactuswren.livejournal.com

I'm ... really not sure about the appropriateness of the phrase "pops out" in this specific context.

Even leaving aside the possible introduction of a missing "o".

Note that prunes had to be cooked for a solid hour to be rendered edible. (Vitamin G is an old name for riboflavin.)

Good Housekeeping, November 1933. "Helps regulate the body in a mild, natural way" is 1930s code for "makes you shit your tonsils out."

write-light.livejournal.com

Northwestern Yeast Co., 1936

"Yeast Foam Tablets" come with a free mirror (after purchase). Let's not ponder why.

7yearsofconstipation-774930

And it's notarized!

booksandcheeses.livejournal.com

You guys. I've read the copy on this laxative ad, and it promises the results that you'd expect from a 1919 laxative ad, but...
There's a picture of tiny people scrubbing out an intestine.