Gypsy Creams
The Secret Painkiller
Woman's Weekly / 14th May 1965
I’ve written about Phensic before, but I find their code for period pain quite fascinating. No wonder so many people were confused about sex and periods, if the only references made were as heavily veiled as this.
Tags: blatant sexism, health, periods
3 Comments
jasdani on 30 May 2012 @ 9pm
I remember these. My mother would have been more of a Disprin buyer but the odd packet of Phensic turned up from time to time.
Jam Shambles on 29 May 2012 @ 11pm
This amazing “special treatment for depression” appears to be… caffeine.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/aches-and-pains/medicines/phensic.html