Life, 1915-06-17 · page 39 of 52
Life — June 17, 1915 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page contains early 20th-century advertisements and satirical content. **The "Vivisection Gazette" Cartoon** (left): A dark satire mocking medical experimentation. It describes Dr. Crewe L. Carver injecting guinea pigs with fire insurance policies dissolved in fire-extinguishing fluid, then throwing them off fire escapes to test immunity. The joke is absurdist—combining insurance (financial protection) with actual fire safety in ridiculous ways. The final paragraph's real target: sweatshop owners who could use this "cure" to justify locking fire escape doors, making worker deaths acceptable if they were "immune." **The Sanatogen Advertisement** (center-right): A patent medicine ad claiming 21,000 physicians endorse this tonic for "strength and endurance." It lists famous endorsers (bishops, congressmen, authors). Modern readers should know: these were unregulated products making broad health claims; such testimonials were common and often unreliable marketing tactics. **The Kapo Swim-Wings Ad** (lower left): Promotes water safety devices for children. The page reflects an era of dubious medical claims and industrial negligence regarding worker safety.
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usy to STON be Ld ig a lag AN EARLY SPRING From the Vivisection Gazette R. CREWE L. CARVER is at work on a series of experiments that promise to be one of the most important contributions to medical science ever contributed. He in- oculates guinea pigs with a serum made of fire insurance policies soaked in a well-balanced solution of fire extinguishing fluids. He then throws the guinea pigs off of fire escapes. If he can recover any of the guinea pigs alive after this beneficent treat- ment, Dr. Carver believes he can si cure from them a serum which, when injected into human beings, will render them immune from conflagrations of “You Can’t Drown” If you knew ALL the * peoplethatSanatogen jij;* ESI has helped— Sometimes, indeed, you must have won- dered at the grateful letters so many famous men and women have written in praise of Sanatogen—telling of the restorative aid Sanatogen has brought them when strength and endurance were ebbing. You may have wondered at the willingness of these world’s leaders to tell how Sanatogen has helped them, For letters have come from ten Bishops, over a hundred members of the British Parliament and U.S. Congress, over fifty well-known authors, scores of clergymen—to classify only a few of the more prominent people whom Sanatogen has helped —people whose very names are convincing. | And if you knew them all—if you knew how many might say with Colonel Henry Watterson, the editor: “I do not believe f could have recovered my vitality, as [ have done, without this Sanatogen operating equally upon the digestive organs and nerve centers, —it you knew how many might join in the praise given Sanatogen by John Burroughs, the venerable naturalist : “My sleep is 50s better than it was a year ago, and my mind and strength are much improved,” —and if you knew how many might voice the same opinion ‘as Lady Somerset, the social reform advocate: “Sanatogen undoubtedly invigorates the nerves and braces the patient to health,” —then surely you would need no further convincing that Sanatogen can help you/ And if—above all— you knew how warmly more than 21,000 physicians —who have watched the rebuilding effects of Sana- togen in daily practice—express, in writing, their belief in Sanstogen—you would surely feel that you can put absolute confidence in Sanatogen. Sanatogen is sold by good druggists everywhere in sizes from $1.00 up. Grand Prize, International Congress of Medicine, London, 2913 | SANATOGEN “NEVERSINK” ENDORSED BY OVER 21,000 PHYSICIANS SWIM -WINGS are the last word in Safety. The final word in Comfort. You can't sink, You can't cap- size. Wings automatically ad- just themselves to any swim- ming or floating position, No bags to blow up. Even little children are safe in the water with Kapo SWIM-WINGS. for Elbert Hubbard’s new book, “Health in the Making.” Written in his attractive manner and filled with his shrewd philosophy, together with capital advice on Sanatogen, health and contentment. It is free, Address THE BAUER CHEMICAL | Co,, 24 E Irving Place, New York. Crimson or navy blue colo: Adults’ and children’s sizes. Real economy, too (price onl: $2.00), because’ SWIM-WINGS last for years. Send for a pair today. Send for catalogue of KAPO Life Sav- ing Garments. Please give dealer's name. SWIM -WINGS Mean “Safety First” all sorts. Owners of sweatshops can then lock their doors with impunity, and it will be unnecessary for them to spend money for fire escapes. Up to this time none of the guinea pigs has been considerate enough to survive Dr, Carver's benevolent atten- tions, but he proposes to keep right on until success crowns his efforts, for he is sure his theory is corre ELO. A New Political Economy MBROSE, the porter, entered the office of the city editor, who enjoyed a chat with the bright, if un- educated, negro. “Ambrose, do you favor political economy?” “No, sah; Ah certainly do not. It's only a scheme of de bosses to defeat woman's suffrage so dey won't have to buy so many votes.”