Minard's Liniment [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Minard's Liniment [inscribed]

Alternative title

Prince of wails
King of pain

Date Created

[between 1860 and 1906?]

Date

1860/1906

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

One side of the card shows a black and white caricature of a crying baby holding a cat by its tail. The baby is sitting up, its eyes closed tightly in pain, dripping large tears, with its mouth wide open, bawling. The baby's left hand holds tha cat's tail, but we see only its tail and hind legs. Above the baby is printed, "The Prince of Wails," and underneath is, "Minard's Liniment, King of Pain." The other side of the card bears the text.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

Additional card text: Nelson & Co., 273 Commercial St., Boston.
Lower left of illustrated side has "1258".
Minard's Liniment, the king of pain! It cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sore Throat, Bunions, Corns, Hoarseness, Swellings, Stiff Joints, Salt Rheum, Cramps, Colic, Strains, Sprains, Bruises, Scalds, Inflammation of the Bowels or Lungs, White Swellings, Diptheria, Rheumatic Gout, Neuralgia, Croup, Burns, Earache, Toothache, Old Sores, Spinal Affections, Chapped Hands, Removes Pimples, Erysipelas, Frost Bites, Chilblains. Removes dandruff and promotes the growth of the hair. Price, 25 cents. Sold everywhere.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

10.5 x 6.3 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Names

Minard, Levi, 1817-1884

Location

Canada

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pain--Treatment
Cartoons (Working drawings)
Pain--prevention & control--Advertisements.
Antirheumatic Agents--Advertisements
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Infants
Patent medicines
Cats
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Crying
Analgesics--therapeutic use--Advertisements