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The Zest of Winter Brings the Glow of Health!

  • Advertisement for Dow pharmaceutical chemicals

  • 1941

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Color print advertisement for pharmaceutical chemicals produced by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of two children skiing. Accompanying text describes how "the advances of medical science and chemistry have minimized the former hazards of winter cold." The advertisement refers to Dow Chemical's production of pharmaceutical chemicals that are used in medicines to treat common winter illnesses. These include acetyl salicylic acid (also known as aspirin), acetophenetidin, chloroform and Epsom salts.

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  • 13.5 in. H x 10.5 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 9

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Dow Chemical Company. “The Zest of Winter Brings the Glow of Health!,” 1941. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v3yky77.

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