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Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid

Date: 1879 - 1879 | Identifier: LL02.12.01.21.01
Advertisement for Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid depicting two chicks facing each other and the third chick looking up in the air. There is a card tucked into a spray of pink roses and blue flowers. On the card are the words: Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid, The Wonderful Liver Remedy. Small doses, prompt effect. In tiny print at the bottom right corner is: Copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston. The reverse of the card states that Liver Aid will cure constipation, biliousness, headache, liver complaint, dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, and rheumatism. Sold by druggists at $1.00 per bottle or six bottles for $5.00. At the bottom of the card is this statement: "The Bellanodyne Plaster relives pain like a touch of Magic." more...
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Advertisement for Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid depicting two chicks facing each other and the third chick looking up in the air. There is a card tucked into a spray of pink roses and blue flowers. On the card are the words: Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid, The Wonderful Liver Remedy. Small doses, prompt effect. In tiny print at the bottom right corner is: Copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston. The reverse of the card states that Liver Aid will cure constipation, biliousness, headache, liver complaint, dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, and rheumatism. Sold by druggists at $1.00 per bottle or six bottles for $5.00. At the bottom of the card is this statement: "The Bellanodyne Plaster relives pain like a touch of Magic."
Date
1879 - 1879
Call Number
LL02.12.01.21.01
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Constipation--drug therapy
Dyspepsia--drug therapy
Liver Diseases--drug therapy
Malaria--drug therapy
Rheumatic Diseases--drug therapy
Headache--drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Animals in advertising

Finding Aid
Advertising Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--Massachusetts--Boston (Mass.)
Type
still image
Medium
trade cards
Physical Description
12.5cm x 6.7cm
Rights Note
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Persistent URL
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/20970

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