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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. A girl pulls a wagon with two boys in it. One of the boys is holding an umbrella. Text on back of card: What it has done. What it will do. It will positively cure toothache in 5 minutes, earache [in] 2 [minutes], backache [in] 2 hours, lameness [in] 2 days, coughs [in] 20 minutes, hoarseness [in] 1 hour, colds [in] 24 hours, sore throat [in] 12 [hours], deafness [in] 2 days, pain of burn [in] 5 minutes, [pain of] scald [in] 5 [minutes]. Croup it will cease in 5 minutes, and positively cure any case when used at the outset. Remember that Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in only 50 cents per bottle, and only one bottle will go farther than half a dozen of an ordinary medicine.
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