Wellcome Medical Folklore Calendar
- Date:
- 1972
- Reference:
- WF/M/PB/31/11
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Burroughs Wellcome & Co. desk/hanging calendar illlustrated with tales of folklore. Includes advertisements for Wellcome products.
This calendar contains Irish folklore tales which have been taken from: S. O'Suilleabhain, A Handbook of Irish Folklore and Medicine in Antient Erin, a Burroughs Wellcome & Co. publication from 1909.
Examples of the folklore included are: a cure for a sore throat (which involved rubbing roast potatoes into the sufferer's head), and a cure for mumps and whooping cough, which it was believed could be obtained from a man on horseback (as men on horseback were thought to possess special curative powers).
Publication/Creation
1972
Physical description
1 item
Copyright note
Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores