Regards,
Thanks for sharing these!
Subject aside, an outstanding historical collection of “memes” of the time. Thank You.
Reading of CW POWs, I recall anecdotal mention of moldy bread and other “off” rations having medicinal properties. Even more obscure was mention of the anti-biotic properties of nasal mucus. Kill or cure I suppose!
Subject is way over my head but established science has had lesser origins.
In the US Civil War, one slogan was, “a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury” — the metal was used to treat VD.
I watched a documentary last year about the prostitutes in Hawaii. They used the war to get *super* rich. One bought a four story hotel and turned it into the biggest cathouse in the world.
A guy would get in line on the street. When he made to the check-in desk he paid his money and got a ticket.
Upstairs he would go to his room, drop his pants and lay on the bed. When the girl came into the room she would give the guy three minutes of up and down action after which she would hop up and on to the next room, whether the present guy was done or not. All “guests” had been warned about the three minute rule at check-in.
That madam made enough money to buy one of the nicest houses in the Islands.
We need them today for various assorted skanks and disease vectors of all 57 genders.
Great Graphics!!!