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On the front card the picture shows a young girl wearing a red dress sitting on a sofa, next to her there is a Sheep. On the front card also there is an extract from Mrs. Schultz' letter. Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special for the sciences, Louise M. Darling biomedical Library, UCLA. On the back of card: Parker's Hair Balsam. An elegant dressing, much preferred to all similar articles on account of its exquisite perfume and superior cleanliness and purity. Containing only such ingredients as are beneficial to the scalp, the balsam never fails to restore the youthful color and beauty to gray hair. Warranted to stop falling of the hair, to make it soft and silken, and to remove dandruff. Does not stain, not oily. Cures itching and humors... Parker's Tonic. The best cure for coughs and consumption, and all diseases arising from defective nutrition, impure blood and exhaustion...Asthma, Colds, Bronchitis, Indigestion, Skin Eruptions, Heart troubles, Female Complaints, Rheumatism, Chills, Malaria, Diarrhoea, Colic, Cramps, Kidney and Liver disorders are at times prevalent in every home, and there is no cure that compares with Parker's Ginger Tonic...I have been a great sufferer from a complication of Liver Complaint with other diseases for a number of years. Headache, Nervousness, Excruciating pains, sleeplessness kept me fairly wild day and night. I could obtain no relief from physicians, so in absolute despair I tried Parker's Ginger Tonic. It was simply wonderful in what a short space of time these symptoms disappeared. All the pain and weariness and melancholy have left me...For 25 years erysipelas broke out in blotches on my face... Hindercorns. Promptly removes all kinds of Corns, Bunions, Warts, Callouses, &c. Hinders their further growth. Stops all pain. Gives no trouble. Ensures comfort to the feet. Makes walking easy. Don't suffer any longer from these painful excrescences, but remove them with Hindercorns. On the front of card: When I was given up to die, by the most skillful physicians, PARKER'S TONIC kept me alive and raised me up after everything else failed. It is just as good for children. Try it and be convinced. Extract from Mrs. Schultz' Letter.
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