Antikamnia Calander for 1900, After Dr Louis Crusius (1862-1898)an Antikamnia calendar for 1900, for the Antikamnia Chemical Company, 46 Holborn Viaduct, London, the calendar with humorous depictions of skulls and skeletons each in different employment, published by Forbes, Boston, 25cm x 17.8cm Condition: water stains to each page foxing and tears. Note: The short lived Antikamnia Chemical Company was formed in 1890 and is now remembers for its promotional materials, and in particular their calendars. The company is also considered a "Junk Mail" pioneer, having relentlessly mailed its brightly colored ephemera not just to drug distributors and doctors, but also mothers, lawyers, and business men. Antikamnia was described as a "coal-tar" derivative, however the medicine itself was more than half acetanilide, an illegal, dangerous, and habit-forming chemical compound. Antikamnia was also mixed with codeine and other addictive compounds, such as heroin. The drug was forced out of production in 1906 when the company collapsed after the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed, exposing its use of banned ingredients as well as the willful withholding of their full ingredient list.