Critcher, Charlotte
Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam
Advertisement for Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam depicting a father sitting in a chair with his feet propped on a footstool and reading a newspaper, a wife sitting in a chair while glancing at her husband, and a girl sitting on the floor beside her mother and looking at her father. There is a bottle of medicine on the table beside the wife. The caption under the picture states: "Why stay at home sick when Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam will cure you?" This is a puzzle card with two hidden cats in the picture. The reverse of the card states that Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam is "a medicine warranted to cure. Money refunded after using one Bottle if not Satisfactory." It cures bowel complaints, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera infantum, cholera morbus, and colic. Testimonials are included. The price is 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00. Gilman Bros., Proprietors, Boston. (Outside sources indicate that the rights to Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam was sold by Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Co. to Gilman Bros. in 1868.)
LL02.12.01.37.03
20943
894
1870
1890
1870-1890
eng
still image
trade cards
11cm x 7.3cm
United States
Massachusetts
Boston (Mass.)
Diarrhea
drug therapy
Dysentery
drug therapy
Colic
drug therapy
Gastrointestinal Diseases
drug therapy
Cholera Morbus
drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs
History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Children in advertising
Cats in advertising
Picture puzzles
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Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam
Advertisement for Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam depicting a father sitting in a chair with his feet propped on a footstool and reading a newspaper, a wife sitting in a chair while glancing at her husband, and a girl sitting on the floor beside her mother and looking at her father. There is a bottle of medicine on the table beside the wife. The caption under the picture states: "Why stay at home sick when Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam will cure you?" This is a puzzle card with two hidden cats in the picture. The reverse of the card states that Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam is "a medicine warranted to cure. Money refunded after using one Bottle if not Satisfactory." It cures bowel complaints, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera infantum, cholera morbus, and colic. Testimonials are included. The price is 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00. Gilman Bros., Proprietors, Boston. (Outside sources indicate that the rights to Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam was sold by Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Co. to Gilman Bros. in 1868.)
1870-1890
StillImage
trade cards
J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
eng
20943
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
United States--Massachusetts--Boston (Mass.)
Diarrhea--drug therapy
Dysentery--drug therapy
Colic--drug therapy
Gastrointestinal Diseases--drug therapy
Cholera Morbus--drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Children in advertising
Cats in advertising
Picture puzzles
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