Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil [inscribed]

Place of Origin

Pittsburg (Pa.)

Publisher

Foster, Milburn & Co.

Language

English

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
The front page of the card shows a lady wearing a fancy dress, hat and jewelry, and carrying a tambourine.

Caption

...It will positively cure Toothache, Earache, Backache, Lameness, Coughs, Hoarseness, Colds, Sore Throat, Deafness, Pain of Burn and Pain of Scald. Croup it will cease in 5 minutes, and positively cure any case when used at the outset...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card, color)

Dimensions

11.9 x 7.6 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States
Canada

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Medicine, Popular
Toothache--Treatment.
Toothache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment
Pain--Treatment
Earache--Treatment
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Back Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements
Backache--Treatment
Earache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Tambourines
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Patent medicines