Wouldn't you like to try a bit o' dinner, Sir? There's a lovely leg o' pork.

Date1909

Object number00003341

NamePostcard

MediumPaper

DimensionsOverall: 135 x 85 mm

ClassificationsPosters and postcards

Credit LineANMM Collection

Collections

For sickness and health - medicine in the collection

Terms

DescriptionPostcard titled 'Wouldn't you like to try a bit o' dinner, Sir? There's a lovely leg o' pork featuring a cartoon of a sick passenger rugged up on a deck chair with a steward standing beside asking 'Wouldn't you like to try a bit o' dinner, Sir? There's a lovely leg o' pork'. Published by Bamforth & Co.HistoryDespite some sailors believing that seasickness is 'all in your head' there are thousands of seafaring passengers each year and through the ages to argue otherwise. Records from ancient Greece and China show travellers were dealing with the problem then and there were many remedies put forward including specific diets, medicinal herbs and smells. In modern times more concrete theories on its existence and treatment are proposed but diet, smells and position on the vessel are still advocated. But whatever the course of action, it is clear that sea sickness can effect first or tourist classes, cruise ships or fishing dinghies. SignificanceSeasickness has been a staple of ocean life throughout the ages. As this postcard shows, whatever the vessel, era or passenger class, the rolling motion of the sea is the one great unifier.