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On the front of the card there's a girl giving a dog (who's lifting its paw) on a chair a treat. She's standing with a hand behind her back holding a handkerchief and there's a ball on the floor in front of her. Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311. History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. On back of card:Mitchell's Improved Perforated Belladonna Plaster, the greatest pain alleviator known. Will quiet the pain instantly in such cases as Lame Back, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Inflammation of the Kidneys, Lung and Throat Affections, Croup, and sudden pains of every kind; and for Female Weakness it beats all the pills in the world...Many in the first stages of Consumption who begin to feel their case hopeless, can be cured by their continued and persistent use. As Morse caught the lightning and caused it to talk, so did Mitchell conceive the idea of combining Belladonna with rubber causing it to cure...
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