This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in order to investigate which authorities patients relied on in the past when deciding which pharmaceuticals to take. I argue that lay users, not doctors, were the most prominent cultural authorities in these advertisements. My main sources are newspaper advertisements extracted from the digital newspaper database of the Dutch National Library. In addition to the historical analysis the article also offers a practical guide for extracting relevant sources from such large digital repositories. This article is part of the special issue 'Blurring Boundaries: Towards a Medical History of the Twentieth Century'. Dit artikel analyseert adverten...
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This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
Drug advertising as communication between the pharmaceutical industry and the physician: Advertiseme...
This special issue intends to show the potential of medical history to contribute to major historica...
This article examines how Els Borst-Eilers, Dutch minister of Health between 1994 and 2002, pursued ...
Between 1650 and 1800, advertising for remedies became a standard strategy for all kinds of actors o...
The article asks how health aspects surfaced in newspapers at the end of the eighteenthcentury. Mich...
Between 1650 and 1800, advertising for remedies became a standard strategy for all kinds of actors o...
The source of ideas and information on medicines most important to journalists in the Netherlands, a...
Thema der Arbeit ist die Betrachtung der Anzeigenwerbung der Laienpresse von 1900-1930. Die Anzeigen...
This article explores the interplay between the medical marketplace and print culture in the sevente...
People are very interested in information about health and illness. Studies show that they are more ...
This article examines the development of the Dutch medical marketplace between 1650 and 1900 from a ...
This article explores health journalists’ sourcing patterns in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium ac...
This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
This article analyses Dutch newspaper advertisements for slimming remedies in the 1920s and 1930s in...
Drug advertising as communication between the pharmaceutical industry and the physician: Advertiseme...
This special issue intends to show the potential of medical history to contribute to major historica...
This article examines how Els Borst-Eilers, Dutch minister of Health between 1994 and 2002, pursued ...
Between 1650 and 1800, advertising for remedies became a standard strategy for all kinds of actors o...
The article asks how health aspects surfaced in newspapers at the end of the eighteenthcentury. Mich...
Between 1650 and 1800, advertising for remedies became a standard strategy for all kinds of actors o...
The source of ideas and information on medicines most important to journalists in the Netherlands, a...
Thema der Arbeit ist die Betrachtung der Anzeigenwerbung der Laienpresse von 1900-1930. Die Anzeigen...
This article explores the interplay between the medical marketplace and print culture in the sevente...
People are very interested in information about health and illness. Studies show that they are more ...
This article examines the development of the Dutch medical marketplace between 1650 and 1900 from a ...
This article explores health journalists’ sourcing patterns in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium ac...