Judge, 1891-03-28 · page 22 of 22
Judge — March 28, 1891 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a full-page advertisement, not satire. It promotes Scott's Emulsion, a cod liver oil supplement marketed to make sickly children healthy. The image shows a domestic scene: a well-dressed woman serves the product to two children while their father watches approvingly. The ad claims the emulsion is "palatable as milk" and promises to transform "drooping, feeble" children into healthy ones. Text emphasizes it's "easily assimilated" and provides "nutritious doses." The warning against "poor imitations" reflects genuine concern about patent medicine fraud in this era—unregulated supplements were commonly counterfeited. Scott & Bowne was a real New York pharmaceutical company. This represents typical late 19th/early 20th-century advertising that made broad health claims now considered misleading, targeting parental anxieties about child welfare.
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| Scorts EMuLsion | of pare Cop Liver On. HypopHosPHrtEsef Limk &Sopa. Hypophosphites as to render it not only inviting but palatable to sickly children, who soon become fond of it. Its wonderful effects have become manifest in thousands of such cases, where its use has transformed a child from a, drooping, feeble condition | to one of joyous and sportive health. BE SURE TO GET THE GENUINE SCOTT’S EMULSION AND GUARD AGAINST THE POOR IMITATIONS SOMETIMES OFFERED SOLELY FOR THE SAKE OF LARGER PROFITS. PREPARED ONLY BY SCOTT & BOWNE, CHEMISTS, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com