Carter's Little Nerve Pills
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Identifier: 12.1.9.13
A trade card palette advertising Carter's Little Nerve Pills. The picture depicts a sleeping girl with long dark hair. She is in bed under a pink quilt and holding a doll dressed in a green dress. The words just below the picture are: "Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills." The reverse of the card states that "nervous persons who cannot sleep and who also suffer from dyspepsia, should use Carter's Little Nerve Pills." They are also used for headache and weak stomach. Price is 25 cents. Carter Medicine Co., N.Y. more...
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A trade card palette advertising Carter's Little Nerve Pills. The picture depicts a sleeping girl with long dark hair. She is in bed under a pink quilt and holding a doll dressed in a green dress. The words just below the picture are: "Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills." The reverse of the card states that "nervous persons who cannot sleep and who also suffer from dyspepsia, should use Carter's Little Nerve Pills." They are also used for headache and weak stomach. Price is 25 cents. Carter Medicine Co., N.Y.
Contributor(s)
Carter Medicine Company
Date
1870 - 1890
Call Number
12.1.9.13
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Anxiety--drug therapy
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders--drug therapy
Dyspepsia--drug therapy
Headache--drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Children 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/20991

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