JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This small ad for Sanitas (a non-poisonous”the disinfecting fluid”, composed of hydrogen peroxide and camphor as main ingredients) appeared in the quarter panel of the Illustrated London News on November 13, 1915, and told a definite story. Here we see a British soldier, sitting squarely on Germany, asking the reader “Did any one say that there was a GERM anywhere?” in a not-subtle connection between the German enemy and disease. I hadn’t noticed this before, and so thought I would share…
