/ Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil! [inscribed]

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Title: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil! [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information: Thomas, S. N., Dr
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: 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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Identifier: https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
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Language: English
Subject: Cough--drug therapy--Advertisements
Common Cold--drug therapy--Advertisements
Hoarseness--drug therapy--Advertisements
Toothache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Croup--drug therapy--Advertisements
Cough--Treatment
Burns--drug therapy--Advertisements
Cold (Disease)--Treatment
Pharmaceutical Solutions--Advertisements
Earache--Treatment
Croup--Treatment
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Umbrellas
Back Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements
Backache--Treatment
Tonics (Medicinal preparations)
Throat--Diseases--Treatment
Deafness--drug therapy--Advertisements
Pharyngitis--drug therapy--Advertisements
Deafness--Treatment
Toothache--Treatment
Children
Hoarseness--Treatment
Burns and scalds--Treatment
Patent medicines
Carts & wagons
Earache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Source: Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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