Feb 212009

Some things just defy description but, if you’re looking for a way to spend some time curiously wondering then go visit the Japanese gallery of psychiatric art which, consists of; “Images from Japanese psychiatric medication advertisements : 1956-2003″.

Now I’m aware that the Japanese have a flair for advertising that eludes a lot of Westerners. This stuff is sort of on a different level though.

For instance…

noritren

Noritren®
~nortriptyline~
1972, Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica

and…

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Serenace®
~haloperidol~
1970, Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica