Comments on: Nuxated Iron Makes Strong, Vigorous, Iron Men and Beautiful, Healthy, Rosy Cheeked Women (Jun, 1917) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/15/nuxated-iron-makes-strong-vigorous-iron-men-and-beautiful-healthy-rosy-cheeked-women/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: beagledad http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/15/nuxated-iron-makes-strong-vigorous-iron-men-and-beautiful-healthy-rosy-cheeked-women/comment-page-1/#comment-1064712 beagledad Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:46:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6745#comment-1064712 "Change food into living tissue"? Could they even have made a little, eensie weensie try to somewhat accurately describe why iron is important? It seems that nuxated iron was quite the thing in the 1920s. Time magazine's July 16, 1923 scolded Jack Dempsey for letting it slip that nuxated iron was the secret of his success: "Dempsey and Kearns, in their blind enthusiasm, have given to Tom Gibbons the key to his one vital shortcoming. He lacked that ounce of ferocity, that ecstasy of endurance that Nuxated Iron, according to the implication of Dempsey's statement, alone can give." Some materials I've Googled on nuxated iron state that the "nux" component included arsenic, which in small quantities acts as a stimulant. I haven't checked the reliability of that claim. “Change food into living tissue”? Could they even have made a little, eensie weensie try to somewhat accurately describe why iron is important?

It seems that nuxated iron was quite the thing in the 1920s. Time magazine’s July 16, 1923 scolded Jack Dempsey for letting it slip that nuxated iron was the secret of his success: “Dempsey and Kearns, in their blind enthusiasm, have given to Tom Gibbons the key to his one vital shortcoming. He lacked that ounce of ferocity, that ecstasy of endurance that Nuxated Iron, according to the implication of Dempsey’s statement, alone can give.”

Some materials I’ve Googled on nuxated iron state that the “nux” component included arsenic, which in small quantities acts as a stimulant. I haven’t checked the reliability of that claim.

]]> By: Rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/15/nuxated-iron-makes-strong-vigorous-iron-men-and-beautiful-healthy-rosy-cheeked-women/comment-page-1/#comment-1064695 Rick Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:59:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6745#comment-1064695 Well, I could only find a definition for "nux", which apparently is Latin for something that causes vomiting. Maybe that old guy is in a hurry to find someplace to puke. Rick Well, I could only find a definition for “nux”, which apparently is Latin for something that causes vomiting. Maybe that old guy is in a hurry to find someplace to puke.

Rick

]]> By: Gregly http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/15/nuxated-iron-makes-strong-vigorous-iron-men-and-beautiful-healthy-rosy-cheeked-women/comment-page-1/#comment-1064694 Gregly Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6745#comment-1064694 This has to be one of the funniest old advertisements I have ever seen. I don't even know why. This has to be one of the funniest old advertisements I have ever seen. I don’t even know why.

]]> By: Dowser http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/15/nuxated-iron-makes-strong-vigorous-iron-men-and-beautiful-healthy-rosy-cheeked-women/comment-page-1/#comment-1064686 Dowser Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6745#comment-1064686 What *is* nuxated? Allmost all google-results points back to this product... :) What *is* nuxated?
Allmost all google-results points back to this product… :)

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