Bell-cap-sic plasters give quick relief from pain [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Bell-cap-sic plasters give quick relief from pain [inscribed]

Alternative title

Bell-cap-sic plasters

Creator

Brown, J.G., N.A.

Date Created

c1899

Date

1899

Place of Origin

New York (N.Y.)

Publisher

American Lithographic Co.

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Front of card depicts a boy seating near the box with a dog on it.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

Additional text from back of card: No Family should be without Bell-cap-sic Plasters. A safeguard against congestions, inflammations or oppressions of the lungs, pneumonia and pleurisy... Bell-cap-sic Plasters are quick in action and lasting in effect, invaluable in the treatment of rheumatism, sprains, strains, and all lamenesses. They cure by removing the cause. For Women, these plasters are invaluable; they rest the muscles, relieve tired, aching backs, and drive away pains peculiar to the sex. Men find instant relief from pleurisy, lumbago and kidney pains. Caution.-The genuine have a picture of a bell on the back cloth.
Logo on the card: Look for this tade mark on every plaster: Bell-cap sic plasters.
Additional card text: Don't suffer, a trial will convince. Get genuine with picture of a bell.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

8.9 x 12.7 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Phytotherapy--Advertisements
Dogs
Pain--Treatment
Pleurisy - therapy
Pharmaceutical Solutions--Advertisements
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Boys
Patent medicines
Pneumonia
Lungs--Diseases
Boxes