Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills [inscribed]

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Date

1870/1906

Place of Origin

[United States]

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Front of card depicts a cartoon of a middle aged woman writing a letter. The back of the card contains text promoting the uses and results of the product.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

Back: Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills are conceded to be the best remedy in the world for Headache, Liver complaints, Kidney difficulties, Loss of Appetite, and all other diseases caused by indigestion...
Front: "My love, what shall I say to you?" Are the best family medicine in the world.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

10.7 x 6.9 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Headache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Women
Cartoons (Working drawings)
Writing
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Indigestion
Patent medicines
Headache--prevention & control--Advertisements.
Pharmaceutical Solutions--Advertisements