Comments on: Wolcott’s Instant Pain Annihilator http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/ Public Domain Images Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:43:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jes http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-253 jes Fri, 14 May 2010 17:29:38 +0000 http://www.arspublik.com/?p=483#comment-253 oops! that was a mistaken link above. this is the correct one http://safeaccess.ca/research/ oops!

that was a mistaken link above. this is the correct one

http://safeaccess.ca/research/

]]> By: jes http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-252 jes Fri, 14 May 2010 17:27:55 +0000 http://www.arspublik.com/?p=483#comment-252 notice death looks on with no suggestion of excitement. the demons represent neuralgia, toothache, weak nerves, headache and cataracts. Re: what drug is in the red bottle - since cannabis is an analgesic and an anti inflammatory and cocaine is not.... http://www.youtube.com/user/msjesjames#grid/user/2ABB5852CF5277DC notice death looks on with no suggestion of excitement. the demons represent neuralgia, toothache, weak nerves, headache and cataracts.

Re: what drug is in the red bottle – since cannabis is an analgesic and an anti inflammatory and cocaine is not….

http://www.youtube.com/user/msjesjames#grid/user/2ABB5852CF5277DC

]]> By: jes http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-251 jes Fri, 14 May 2010 17:16:49 +0000 http://www.arspublik.com/?p=483#comment-251 the main ingredient is likely cannabis. this was a common and cheap medicine at the time, unlike heroin and cocaine based pharmaceuticals. The fact that death remains signifies that the pain medicine in not lethal. it does not kill anyone so death is still there. death is always there until we die. the main ingredient is likely cannabis. this was a common and cheap medicine at the time, unlike heroin and cocaine based pharmaceuticals. The fact that death remains signifies that the pain medicine in not lethal. it does not kill anyone so death is still there. death is always there until we die.

]]> By: Vlad http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Vlad Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:07:33 +0000 http://www.arspublik.com/?p=483#comment-225 The image is an old pencil-drawn advertisement for a pain medication. The image shows two views of a person, and a title in red above, stating: "Willcot's instant pain annihilator" The first image which is the top image shows a pale man with red cheecks and a short beard, he has red lips long hair and is wearing something that looks like a brown coat. Around his face are thirteen develish creatures, attacking the mans face. He is frowning and looks like he is in agony, his hands are holding his head on either side. His teeth are clenched together. The second image shows the same man and the creatures, but now his face is much happier, he is smiling and his eyes look beautiful, his cheecks are even redder now his very large ears are visible. He holds a bottle with what looks like medicine, the red label on the bottle shows a long text, written in an old fashioned style, that begins with the same text as in the title. The creatures that were attacking him, are now blown away by the strength of the medicine, they hardly know how fast to get out of there! The image is an old pencil-drawn advertisement for a pain medication. The image shows two views of a person, and a title in red above, stating: “Willcot’s instant pain annihilator” The first image which is the top image shows a pale man with red cheecks and a short beard, he has red lips long hair and is wearing something that looks like a brown coat. Around his face are thirteen develish creatures, attacking the mans face. He is frowning and looks like he is in agony, his hands are holding his head on either side. His teeth are clenched together. The second image shows the same man and the creatures, but now his face is much happier, he is smiling and his eyes look beautiful, his cheecks are even redder now his very large ears are visible. He holds a bottle with what looks like medicine, the red label on the bottle shows a long text, written in an old fashioned style, that begins with the same text as in the title. The creatures that were attacking him, are now blown away by the strength of the medicine, they hardly know how fast to get out of there!

]]> By: Walden http://www.arspublik.com/public-domain-images-wilcotts-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Walden Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:17:26 +0000 http://www.arspublik.com/?p=483#comment-180 A pale, bearded man suffers Faustian tortures as anthropomorphic elements of pain afflict him. Depicted as brown, horned devils, headaches pull at his hair, jab his head, and, with particular malice, drill his forehead. Another pair lifts pointed utensils to his teeth to inflict a toothache while smaller demons play about his suffering visage. The leader of the band, a lean, standing devil in crown and sash represents pain in general as he lifts a sharp blade to stab the suited victim. Even death, a skeletal grim reaper, lurks over his shoulder. Thankfully, this advertisement offers a simply solution for the demonic problem of pain: Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator. In the lower panel, the bottle of this amazing liquid has been opened; the devils are blown away and a heavenly light appears. The man, it might be noted, looks well, the bright color in his cheeks indicating health and, should a viewer be jaded, drunkenness. The bright colors of the print are indicative of early Victorian adds, and the imagery would play easily into the time's perceptions of good and evil. It's interesting to note, death is not dispelled with the demons; it's curious to figure out exactly what this absence means. A pale, bearded man suffers Faustian tortures as anthropomorphic elements of pain afflict him. Depicted as brown, horned devils, headaches pull at his hair, jab his head, and, with particular malice, drill his forehead. Another pair lifts pointed utensils to his teeth to inflict a toothache while smaller demons play about his suffering visage. The leader of the band, a lean, standing devil in crown and sash represents pain in general as he lifts a sharp blade to stab the suited victim. Even death, a skeletal grim reaper, lurks over his shoulder. Thankfully, this advertisement offers a simply solution for the demonic problem of pain: Wolcott’s Instant Pain Annihilator. In the lower panel, the bottle of this amazing liquid has been opened; the devils are blown away and a heavenly light appears. The man, it might be noted, looks well, the bright color in his cheeks indicating health and, should a viewer be jaded, drunkenness. The bright colors of the print are indicative of early Victorian adds, and the imagery would play easily into the time’s perceptions of good and evil. It’s interesting to note, death is not dispelled with the demons; it’s curious to figure out exactly what this absence means.

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