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Front of card depicts a girl emerging from a flower holding a bottle of the iron tonic in one hand and a spoon in the other. She is observing a snail taking flight from the plant, while another snail (without wings) sits on a leaf. It appears that the girl has just served the first snail with the tonic, causing it to sprout wings and take flight. The grounded snail awaits the chance to experience for itself the invigorating properties of the tonic. Reversde side is text only, which shows through the front. Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. Additional text from back of card: A blood purifier and tonic for dyspepsia, general debility and female diseases, is recommended and endorsed by Clergymen, Physicians, Lawyers, Merchants, Farmers, &c. On the reverse side of the card "2 -" is written in pencil in the top right corner and "77-16 AS" is written in the bottom right corner.
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