The John C. Liebeskind
History of Pain Collection

Antikamnia Calendar 1899 = 2006
The Antikamnia ("Opposed to Pain") Chemical Company of St. Louis, Missouri produced several calendars (1897-1901) illiustrated with "Skeleton Sketches"--chromolithographed series based on watercolors by the local physician-artist Louis Crucius. The limited edition calendars were mailed to physicians who provided business cards or letterhead correspondence as evidence of their medical standing. Antikamnia was a proprietary product consisting of acetanalid (antifebrin) combined with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and caffeine. The Liebeskind Collection recently acquired a copy of the calendar for 1899, which matches 2006's calendar day-for-day. A downloadable copy of the 1899 calendar is available, below. Click on each image to see a high resolution PDF image which may be printed or copied.
January - February front January - February back March - April front March - April back May - June front May - June back July - August front July - August back September - October front September - October back November - December front November - December back
The 1899 calendar also is available as a series of JPEGs: January - February front January - February back March - April front March - April back May - June front May - June back July - August front July - August back September - October front September - October back November - December front November - December back