"Spanfluenza Tablets": A Quack Advertisement in the Hartford Courant 

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Title

"Spanfluenza Tablets": A Quack Advertisement in the Hartford Courant 

Subject

Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Description

The influenza seems to have inspired many quack medicines as an easy solution. This advertisement in the Courant demonstrates that various products would have been available to Trinity students around 1918.

Creator

The Hartford Courant 

Source

Hartford Courant Digital Archive

Publisher

The Hartford Courant

Date

October 19, 1918

Contributor

N/A

Rights

Digital reproductions and permission to publish Watkinson materials may be requested by contacting Watkinson staff. With permission of the staff, readers may use their own cameras in the library. Users of materials from the Watkinson Library or the College Archives must accept full legal responsibility for observing the laws of copyright, as well as the laws of libel and invasion of privacy and property rights.

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Language

English

Type

Text
Newspaper Advertisement

Identifier

N/A

Coverage

Hartford, Connecticut; 1918 Influenza Cures

Citation

The Hartford Courant , “"Spanfluenza Tablets": A Quack Advertisement in the Hartford Courant ,” Watkinson Library - Virtual Museum, accessed March 28, 2024, https://watkinsonlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/25.

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