The Uriach Foundation 1838 has recently acquired a collection of advertising postcards from the 1920s for the product Fidibus Zampironi Insect Repellent. These mosquito-killer tablets were produced by the laboratory Farmacia Internazionale Zampironi, headquartered in the Italian city of Venice.
On the front of the postcard one can see St. Mark’s Square and Basilica, while on the reverse side the text reads: “Do you want to sleep well? Burn one tablet at bedtime of the genuine Fidibus Zampironi insect repellent. Kills disease-carrying mosquitoes.”
The distribution of Zampironi’s Italian products was handled exclusively by Uriach Laboratories during the 1920s and 1930s.