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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. Front of card depicts a smiling woman in an old-fashioned rose colored dress with a bustle. She is wearing a matching bonnet and holding a parasol. She is holding hands with a young girl wearing a yellow dress with a wide blue sash and a blue hat with a wide brim. They are standing on the sidewalk of a tree-lined street looking at an advertisement for Kilbourne's Pain Stop. Reverse side is text only. Front: Use Kilbourne's Pain Stop. See other side. "1.00" is written in pencil on the top right and lower left corners of the card on the reverse side. Additional text from back of card: How to use it and when. For local pains in joints, muscles, or flesh, whether Rheumatic or Neuralgic, whether caused by sprains, strains, or bruises, you should apply it freely to the parts – rub it in and expect to be happy. Toothache, caused by ulceration, brought about by cold or otherwise, may be cured by applying on cotton in the cavity, bathing the jaw inside and out, and taking fifteen drops in hot sweetened water... Colds and chills yield quickly to a dose of fifteen to thirty drops in hot water, sweetened, taking it once in two or three hours, until relief is secured. Cramps and colic, and all internal pains, are relieved in a few moments by taking fifteen to thirty drops as above. For Cholera morbus take fifteen to twenty drops in hot sweetened water once an hour while pains continue. It will not cure bad cases of diarrhoea, but will relieve the pain in all cases... Price 25 cents. Made by Auburn Drug and Chemical Company, Auburn, ME. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicines.
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