/ Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills [inscribed]

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Title: Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information: [United States]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection: History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Front of card depicts a cartoon of a middle aged woman writing a letter. The back of the card contains text promoting the uses and results of the product.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Back: Dr. Kermott's Mandrake Pills are conceded to be the best remedy in the world for Headache, Liver complaints, Kidney difficulties, Loss of Appetite, and all other diseases caused by indigestion...
Front: "My love, what shall I say to you?" Are the best family medicine in the world.
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Identifier: https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hjw2
Language: English
Subject: Headache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Women
Cartoons (Working drawings)
Writing
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Indigestion
Patent medicines
Headache--prevention & control--Advertisements
Pharmaceutical Solutions--Advertisements
Source: Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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