Morse's Indian Root Pills & Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Morse's Indian Root Pills & Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets [inscribed]

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Place of Origin

Morristown (N.Y.)

Publisher

W.H. Comstock Co.

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

The card is cut in the shape of a fan. Front of card depicts a woman with a hat looking in the distance through a pair of binoculars. The card is bordered by what appears to be a laurel branch.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311. History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

On front of card:MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS & COMSTOCK'S DEAD SHOT WORM PELLETS, MORRISTOWN, N.Y.W.H. COMSTOCK. Sole proprietor.On back of card:To those who have used the Morse's Pills and Dead Shot Worm Pellets, there is no necessity of calling attention to their merits. To those who have not used them, we simply say that they are the best remedy that money and skill combined can possibly produce. ...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card, color)

Dimensions

11.5 x 8.8 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Anthelmintics--therapeutic use--Advertisements.
Hats
Helminths
Women
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines
Binoculars
Parasites--Advertisements

Location

United States

Resource type

still image