Seidlitine [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Seidlitine [inscribed]

Alternative title

Seidlitz Powders five cents each

Date Created

ca. 1881

Date

1881

Place of Origin

Pittsfield (Mass.)

Language

English

Collection

Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

Notes

Description

Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Reverse side of card shows a floral bouquet.

Caption

Additional card text: Prize Medal & Diploma, American Institute, 1879, 1880, 1881.
Additional card text: Seidlitine. Seidlitz Powders are put up in elegant wooden boxes; are pure, portable, convenient, and as pleasant as Lemonade. They are held in high esteem for Heartburn, Sea-sickness, Headache, Sour Stomach, Costiveness, etc. Useful in every household, and on board of every vessel, especially in warm weather, and travelers should never be without them... Thermaline is a certain remedy for Chills and Fever, and all Malarial diseases, for which it has never yet failed. It is also a sure cure and preventive for Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, General Debility, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sick Headache, Colds, etc. It builds up, restores and strengthens the whole system. Thermaline is prepared from Calisaya Bark and the Fever Tree of Australia in the form of Capsulets, resembling sugar-coated small flat beans; easily swallowed, even by children. It is now generally used instead of Quinine.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

10.7 x 7.1 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Bouquets
Drug Compounding--Advertisements
Flower arrangements
Patent medicines
Drug Therapy--Advertisements