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Vintage Drug Ads.

By gail in Advertising, Medicine on Nov 26, 2006 at 8:55 pm


unstablemabel

Here’s a 1956 ad for Butisol, a tranquilizer that was apparently used for treating impatience and exasperatingness. More creepy vintage ads here via Neurastenia


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  1. gail
    Nov 26th, 2006 at 9:02 pm

    It looks like Alex found this same website back in July and posted a different ad, but I like Unstable Mabel so much, I thought she should make an appearance.

  2. Jenny
    Nov 26th, 2006 at 10:41 pm

    Unstable Mabel sounds like one of the characters in the card game Crazy Eights... I love it. But the "here" link doesn't really lead me anywhere :(

  3. gail
    Nov 26th, 2006 at 11:37 pm

    Sorry for the broken link. I think it's fixed now.

  4. Matt
    Nov 27th, 2006 at 12:00 am

    Here are the glorious side effects from this (Butisol) psychiatric drug/poison:

    Rare

    Bleeding sores on lips; chest pain; fever; muscle or joint pain; red, thickened, or scaly skin; skin rash or hives; sores, ulcers, or white spots in mouth (painful); sore throat and/or fever; swelling of eyelids, face, or lips; wheezing or tightness in chest

    Also, check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:

    Less common

    Confusion; mental depression; unusual excitement

    Rare

    Hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there); unusual bleeding or bruising; unusual tiredness or weakness

    With long-term or chronic use

    Bone pain, tenderness, or aching; loss of appetite; muscle weakness; weight loss (unusual); yellow eyes or skin

  5. Alex
    Nov 27th, 2006 at 2:03 am

    Wait, there was medicine for impatience and exasperatingness back in the 1950s? I would've been so drugged up if I had grown up then ...

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