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DE Breastfeeding and advertising. Galactogogo Robot-Vida Miret. Magazine advertisement, Spain 1934
Dimensions: 140 x 190 mm
Advertisement in The Catalan Woman of Barcelona dated 20.12.1935 of the Rob-Vida syrup, prepared since 1922 in the laboratory of S. Miret, chemist-pharmacist in San Pedro de Ribas, Barcelona. It contained sodium phosphate and tinctures of Kola nut, cinchona, quassia, quassia and walnut vomica. It was sold as a restorative during pregnancy and lactation, as a fortifier for the foetus and as a galactogogue. An image of the product from the Museu de la Farmàcia Catalana can be seen here.
«Una buena madre no descuida tomar Rob-Vida Miret, durante el embarazo el número 1 ……., durante la lactancia el número 2, que provoca un aumento considerable de leche rica en manteca y caseína, y repone a la madre de todo el desgaste provocado por la crianza natural. Tomándolo, madre e hijo tendrán salud y vivirán robustos».
The Catalan Woman was a weekly magazine of the conservative Catalanist sectors of the 1920s and 1930s dedicated to promoting women's fashion and housework.
Donation by Yasmin Paricio Burtin and James Burke.
Advertisement in The Catalan Woman of Barcelona dated 20.12.1935 of the Rob-Vida syrup, prepared since 1922 in the laboratory of S. Miret, chemist-pharmacist in San Pedro de Ribas, Barcelona. It contained sodium phosphate and tinctures of Kola nut, cinchona, quassia, quassia and walnut vomica. It was sold as a restorative during pregnancy and lactation, as a fortifier for the foetus and as a galactogogue. An image of the product from the Museu de la Farmàcia Catalana can be seen here.
«Una buena madre no descuida tomar Rob-Vida Miret, durante el embarazo el número 1 ……., durante la lactancia el número 2, que provoca un aumento considerable de leche rica en manteca y caseína, y repone a la madre de todo el desgaste provocado por la crianza natural. Tomándolo, madre e hijo tendrán salud y vivirán robustos».
The Catalan Woman was a weekly magazine of the conservative Catalanist sectors of the 1920s and 1930s dedicated to promoting women's fashion and housework.
Donation by Yasmin Paricio Burtin and James Burke.