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Illustration on front of card depicts a formally dressed couple sitting at a table under a tree and next to a river. The man, who is wearing a top hat, has his arm around a little girl who is leaning on his chair. The man and woman are both gesturing towards a large bottle of Wheat Bitters that is on the table, next to a drinking glass. Text on the back of the card describes Wheat Bitters as an effective treatment for diseases and conditions affecting women at various times of their lives. 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: Diseases incident to women. The host of diseases peculiar to women in certain epochs of life, and on account of various conditions and habits, have caused untold suffering and unhappiness. ...The morning sickness being treated with good success; and, where indigestion is a sympathetic trouble, it has been found a valuable remedy. At the turn of life, when a nerve tonic is needed, it gives the system the needed strength. During pregnancy, the consumption of phosphates is very great; so at this period of woman's life fractures heal, if at all, with great difficulty...In nervous prostration resulting from over work, either mental or physical, its action is very effective...Nothing is more beneficial in bronchial and pulmonary diseases than Wheat Bitters; it furnishes the phosphates in a more acceptable form than Cod Liver Oil, and in addition supplies the needed tonic...
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