Friday, January 07, 2005
First Best Thing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
There is a section in every issue called "100 Years Ago at JAMA," which is a page of century-old excerpts from the publication. Here's a peek into the medical goings on of 1904:
Whisky Preferences.
Julia Marlowe, the actress, announces to the public that she likes her whisky with a little bitter in it. At least, the newspapers are publishing her photograph with the following testimonial: "I am glad to write my endorsement of the great remedy, Peruna, as a nerve tonic. I do so most heartily.-Julia Marlowe." Perhaps it will not be deemed wholly flippant if it is noted that those who take their whisky straight, as a "nerve tonic," do not usually write testimonials thereof.
Whisky Preferences.
Julia Marlowe, the actress, announces to the public that she likes her whisky with a little bitter in it. At least, the newspapers are publishing her photograph with the following testimonial: "I am glad to write my endorsement of the great remedy, Peruna, as a nerve tonic. I do so most heartily.-Julia Marlowe." Perhaps it will not be deemed wholly flippant if it is noted that those who take their whisky straight, as a "nerve tonic," do not usually write testimonials thereof.
