I’ve been quiet this week as it’s back at uni for the second semester and so far I have 11 illustrations to complete along with research, exgensis writings and a whole crapload of rough workbook drawings to get done so my head is slightly spinning. I had to share this wee giggle with you today though after being enlightened at a lecture today.

Quackery medicine. We are looking at advertising throughout different eras and the societal influences that were about in the different time periods. The lecturer told us a wee story about his great grandmother who took this dietary supplement everynight before bed, she would mix it in a glass of water and drink it before going to sleep. One night she forgot to drink it and in the morning awoke to find her glass beside her bed swimming with tapeworms … I shit you not. This stuff was real.

Here’s an old advertisement for it …

And after looking about the internet tonight apparently it seems it’s a craze that is coming back and it was discussed on a Tyra Banks show you can drive to Mexico and go buy yourself a bottle. The FDA does not endorse this dietary method lol. The funny thing is Quackery Medicine is alive and kicking on the good old interwebz these days too.

So if you are at all tempted do let me know how it works out. Personally I’ll stick to basic nutrition and exercise.

Eeeeewww.