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Radio Malt was an early to mid-20th century brand of malt extract preparation that followed the Minadex trend.〔Newnham, David. (October 23, 2002) Nursing Standard ''Outside in'' Volume 17; Issue 6; Page 31.〕 Produced by British Drug Houses, it contained vitamin A, aneurine hydrochloride, riboflavin, and calciferol. The contents were sickly sweet, with a consistency between molasses and treacle. It is much loved by the classic schoolboy character Molesworth.〔(Molesworth ) - Page 94,96,241 and 391〕 Radio Malt was being sold in the UK by the mid-1920s and was studied at this time as a treatment for rickets. In India it was trademarked in 1942. A favourite of film producer and politician David Puttnam,〔Freud, Clement. (February 6, 1993) The Times ''Local hero with a finger in every pie; David Puttnam; Gut Feelings.'' Section: Features; Page SR.〕 Radio Malt was often used in English boarding schools in an attempt to change skinny young girls into prettier roundness〔Davenport, Philippa. (February 10, 1996) Financial Times ''Food and Drink: Puds to make a Briton proud - Cookery.'' Page IV〕 and given to post-World War II children to give them more bulk.〔Bovey, Shelley. (January 15, 2000) The Scotsman ''AB Flab.''〕 At King's School, Peterborough in the 1960s, the School House boarders' sick-bay would dispense Scott's Emulsion,〔http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2009/10/cod-liver-oil-and-pink-peignoirs.html〕 a cod-liver-oil preparation, to those who could not stomach Radio Malt. Otherwise, the only alternative elixir was "two aspirins". ==See also== * Extract of malt 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radio Malt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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