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Poke Root and Burdock

Date: 1870 - 1890 | Identifier: LL02.12.01.64.01
Brochure advertising the "Greatest Medicine on Earth. Compound Extract Poke Root and Burdock. (Not a Patent Medicine.)" It is a tonic, a laxative, and a regulator of the Organs of Secretion. "The Great Fall and Winter Tonic" is not a stimulant, purgative, present tonic, or a cure-all. "If not satisfactory, return the bottles and get your money." P. & B. Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. more...
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Description
Brochure advertising the "Greatest Medicine on Earth. Compound Extract Poke Root and Burdock. (Not a Patent Medicine.)" It is a tonic, a laxative, and a regulator of the Organs of Secretion. "The Great Fall and Winter Tonic" is not a stimulant, purgative, present tonic, or a cure-all. "If not satisfactory, return the bottles and get your money." P. & B. Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Contributor(s)
P. & B. Medicine Co. (Columbus, Ohio)
Date
1870 - 1890
Call Number
LL02.12.01.64.01
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Laxatives--therapeutic use
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Tonics (Medicinal preparations)
Advertising

Finding Aid
Advertising Collection
Location (spatial)
United States--Ohio--Columbus (Ohio)
Type
still image
Medium
trade cards
Physical Description
15.6cm x 11.8cm
Rights Note
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Persistent URL
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/21007

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