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Title: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information: New York (State)
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: Two children sit on a grassy hill, feeding a duck and two ducklings.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Text on back of card: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. 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 is only 50 cents per bottle, and 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
Children
Cough--Treatment
Hoarseness--Treatment
Cold (Disease)--Treatment
Pharmaceutical Solutions--Advertisements
Earache--Treatment
Croup--Treatment
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Ducks
Back Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements
Backache--Treatment
Tonics (Medicinal preparations)
Earache--drug therapy--Advertisements
Pharyngitis--drug therapy--Advertisements
Toothache--Treatment
Croup--drug therapy--Advertisements
Burns--drug therapy--Advertisements
Burns and scalds--Treatment
Patent medicines
Throat--Diseases--Treatment
Howell, W. J., distributor
Source: Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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