This site is wickedly funny, especially the gallery of vintage psychiatric drug advertisements.
http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/
There is a hilarious ad for Thorazine that has a picture of an old guy waving a cane around. The test reads as below:
Doctor, what can you do for Pop?
Deeply involved in the problem of the hostile, agitated senile are members of the family... and you, their physician.
In discussing the use of 'Thorazine', Pollack(1) observes:
"Older persons with such disorders can be treated at home by the general practitioner with much benefit and with great relief to the family."
With 'Thorazine', senile patients become calm, agreeable and sociable. They begin to eat and sleep better, often gain weight and improve physically.
for prompt control of the agitated, belligerent senile...
THORAZINE*
Ampules for immediate effect -- carry them in your bag
Also available: Tablets, Syrup and Suppositories
Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia
1. Pollack, B.: Geriatrics 11:253 (June) 1956.
*T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. for chlorpromazine. S.K.F.
29 Jan 2011, 1:18 pm
