Found this on the verge. Pretty interesting to see how much times have changed. There's ads from the 80s AIDS epidemic. 'Could you poison your child?': images from a century of medical propaganda | The Verge
I like the one about getting a blood test before getting married to make sure you're not marrying your sister. But it also makes me wonder if that was so much of a problem back then that they seriously felt the need to make posters about it.
We can laugh at how it was then, but current health propaganda is not that much better. The whole low-fat thing started the biggest epidemic of obesity the world has ever seen. Don't think for a moment that nutritional science is anywhere near competent, or honest.
Interesting ads! As for the "tests." Assuming it's that one ad from the 40s with the man carrying the woman, I think it's not about avoiding your sister, despite what the caption says. I think it's more likely that the tests were for STDs. ---------- Post added 13th Apr 2013 at 07:22 AM ---------- I think you are absolutely correct! And medical science as a whole leaves a lot to be desired. In my cynical moments, I think it's more about the bottom line for the industry than it is about actually helping people.
Interesting. I always like looking through these kinds of things for the historical perspective. It's good to remember we're also viewing these ads out of context based on our modern cultural perspectives. I'm inclined to agree. Looking through the comments on that site, there were other people saying the same thing. There was nothing in the ad itself that said anything about being related. It was only in the caption text, which was written entirely by the person posting the pictures.
