Carter's Little Nerve Pills
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Identifier: 12.1.9.14
Advertisement for Carter's Little Nerve Pills depicting a boy with a large dog on a leash and a girl rubbing the dog. The dog is obviously enjoying the attention. There is a tree and house behind them. The words in the lower right corner are: "Take Carter's Little Nerve Pills and be free from Nervousness and Dyspepsia. In tiny print at the bottom is Wemple's Company, New York. The reverse of the card also lists the following uses for Carter's Little Nerve Pills: sleeplessness, headache, indigestion, and weak stomach. Carter Medicine Co., New York.more...
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Advertisement for Carter's Little Nerve Pills depicting a boy with a large dog on a leash and a girl rubbing the dog. The dog is obviously enjoying the attention. There is a tree and house behind them. The words in the lower right corner are: "Take Carter's Little Nerve Pills and be free from Nervousness and Dyspepsia. In tiny print at the bottom is Wemple's Company, New York. The reverse of the card also lists the following uses for Carter's Little Nerve Pills: sleeplessness, headache, indigestion, and weak stomach. Carter Medicine Co., New York.
Contributor(s)
Carter Medicine Company
Wemple & Company
Date
1870 - 1890
Call Number
12.1.9.14
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Dyspepsia--drug therapy
Anxiety--drug therapy
Headache--drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Children in advertising
Dogs in advertising
Location (spatial)
United States--New York (State)--New York (N.Y.)
Location (physical)
Laupus History - Manuscripts
Type
still image
Medium
trade cards (advertising)
Physical Description
Persistent URL
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/20768

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