Dr. Coffin's California Medicines

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Coffin's California Medicines

Date Created

[ca. 1885?]

Date

1885

Place of Origin

Cincinnati (Ohio)

Publisher

Coffin, Erastus

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Image on front of card shows a bird on a limb of a tree, with a beautiful snow covered winter scene in the background. Part of a snowed-in house is shown.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

...Dr. Coffin's California Tonic, the great blood purifier. For the blood, liver, kidneys, and all Serofulous diseases and Dyspepsia. Dr. Coffin's California Liniment. Purely vegetable, in the form of an ointment. Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Hip Disease, Spinal Disease, Sciatic Pains, Bruises or Sprains, Toothache, Headache, Weak or Lame Back, and local pains...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

13.4 x 8.8 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Liver Diseases--drug therapy--Advertisements
Kidney Diseases--drug therapy--Advertisements
Blood purifier
Dyspepsia--drug therapy--Advertisements
Snow
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines
Birds