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Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. Additional picture of laurelled bottle with Ayer's Sarsaparilla inscription on side of it is at the back of the card. Front of card depicts sailors and a priest on the ship traveling the ocean. One of the sailors is pointing out on the land in front of them with his hand. The huge sign witch advertising Ayer’s Sarsaparilla appear on the land. Additional text from back of card: Without doubt The Discovery of America is Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. This is a Compound Concentrated Extract composed of the Sarsaparilla-root of the tropics, Stillingia, Yellow Dock, Mandrake, and other roots held in high repute for their alterative, diuretic, tonic, and curative properties. The active medicinal principles of these roots, extracted by a process peculiarly our own, are chemically united in Ayer's Sarsaparilla with the Iodide of Potassium and Iron, forming by far the most economical and reliable blood-purifying medicine that can be used. If there is a lurking taint of Scrofula about you, Ayer's Sarsaparilla will dislodge it, and expel it from your system. For the cure of the disorders, lassitude and debility peculiar to the Spring, it has proved to be the best remedy ever devised. If your blood is vitiated, cleanse it without delay by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
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